{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"82449","rtpr_id":"nGNXZB77v","ticker":"HII","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["HII"],"title":"HII is Assessed “Awardable” in the U.S. Department of War CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-07-07T15:30:00.105Z","article_body":"MCLEAN, Va., July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Mission\nTechnologies division announced that two of its spectrum dominance and\nawareness products have achieved awardable status through the Chief Digital\nand Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) Tradewinds Solutions\nMarketplace.\n\nThe Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace is the premier offering of Tradewinds,\nthe U.S. Department of War’s (DoW) suite of tools and services designed to\naccelerate the procurement and adoption of Artificial Intelligence\n(AI)/Machine Learning (ML), data and analytics capabilities.\n\n“Achieving awardable status underscores how HII is delivering\nready-to-deploy solutions to the warfighter,” said Grant Hagen, president of\nMission Technologies’ Warfare Systems group. “This designation accelerates\naccess for our government partners and validates the operational impact and\nmission-relevance of these capabilities.”\n\nHII’s GRIMM™ is a compact, high-performance spectrum dominance solution\nthat is designed for real-time geolocation and direction-finding of adversary\nsignals and emitters of interest. Engineered for low size, weight, power and\ncost, the payload provides enhanced situational awareness, intelligence\nsupport and force protection capability.\n\nVIPER® (Volumetric Integrative Propagation Engine for Ray-Tracing) is an\nelectromagnetic modeling and synthetic data generation capability that acts as\na high-resolution channel emulator producing realistic RF scenario data to\ntrain AI-based algorithms. It solves critical AI data scarcity in Cognitive\nElectronic Warfare (EW) and counter unmanned aerial system (UAS) while\neliminating the high costs, risks and limitations of live-fly testing.\n\nIntegrating these technologies onto manned and unmanned platforms will expand\nspectrum awareness, ensuring forces can detect, characterize and respond to\nthreats across every domain.\n\nHII’s videos-GRIMM™ Family of Systems (2-26-1773) and VIPER® Volumetric\nIntegrative Propagation Engine for Ray-Tracing (4-26-2143)-accessible only by\ngovernment customers on the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, present actual\nuse cases in which GRIMM™ and VIPER® were recognized among a competitive\nfield of applicants to the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace whose solutions\ndemonstrated innovation, scalability and potential impact on U.S. DoW\nmissions. Government customers interested in viewing the video solutions can\ncreate a Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace account at tradewindAI.com.\n\nAdditional product information is available at: www.hii.com/products/grimm and\nwww.hii.com/products/viper.\n\nAbout HII\n\nHII is America’s largest shipbuilder, delivering the world’s most powerful\nships and all-domain mission technologies, including unmanned systems, to U.S.\nand allied defense customers. HII is the largest producer of unmanned\nunderwater vehicles for the U.S. Navy and the world.\n\nWith a more than 140-year history of advancing U.S. national security, HII\nbuilds and integrates defense capabilities extending from the core fleet to\nC6ISR, AI/ML, EW and synthetic training. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s\nworkforce is 44,000 strong. For more information, visit:\n* HII on the web: https://www.HII.com/\n* HII on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamHII\n* HII on X: https://www.twitter.com/WeAreHII\n* HII on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WeAreHII\n* HII on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wearehii\nAbout the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace\nThe Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace is a digital repository of\npost-competition, readily awardable pitch videos that address the U.S.\nDepartment of War’s (DoW) most significant challenges in the Artificial\nIntelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), data, and analytics space. All\nawardable solutions have been assessed through complex scoring rubrics and\ncompetitive procedures and are available to Government customers with a\nMarketplace account. Government customers can create an account at\nwww.tradewindai.com. Tradewinds is housed in the U.S. DoW’s Chief Digital\nArtificial Intelligence Office. For more information or media requests,\ncontact: Success@tradewindai.com.\n\nContact:\n\nGreg McCarthy\n(202) 264-7126\ngregory.j.mccarthy@hii-co.com\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/50e1f6f6-0b84-4b47-bae8-15bb93c2843a)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNXZB77v","title":"HII is Assessed “Awardable” in the U.S. Department of War CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"HII","created":"2026-07-07T15:30:00.105Z","tickers":["HII"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"MCLEAN, Va., July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Mission\nTechnologies division announced that two of its spectrum dominance and\nawareness products have achieved awardable status through the Chief Digital\nand Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) Tradewinds Solutions\nMarketplace.\n\nThe Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace is the premier offering of Tradewinds,\nthe U.S. Department of War’s (DoW) suite of tools and services designed to\naccelerate the procurement and adoption of Artificial Intelligence\n(AI)/Machine Learning (ML), data and analytics capabilities.\n\n“Achieving awardable status underscores how HII is delivering\nready-to-deploy solutions to the warfighter,” said Grant Hagen, president of\nMission Technologies’ Warfare Systems group. “This designation accelerates\naccess for our government partners and validates the operational impact and\nmission-relevance of these capabilities.”\n\nHII’s GRIMM™ is a compact, high-performance spectrum dominance solution\nthat is designed for real-time geolocation and direction-finding of adversary\nsignals and emitters of interest. Engineered for low size, weight, power and\ncost, the payload provides enhanced situational awareness, intelligence\nsupport and force protection capability.\n\nVIPER® (Volumetric Integrative Propagation Engine for Ray-Tracing) is an\nelectromagnetic modeling and synthetic data generation capability that acts as\na high-resolution channel emulator producing realistic RF scenario data to\ntrain AI-based algorithms. It solves critical AI data scarcity in Cognitive\nElectronic Warfare (EW) and counter unmanned aerial system (UAS) while\neliminating the high costs, risks and limitations of live-fly testing.\n\nIntegrating these technologies onto manned and unmanned platforms will expand\nspectrum awareness, ensuring forces can detect, characterize and respond to\nthreats across every domain.\n\nHII’s videos-GRIMM™ Family of Systems (2-26-1773) and VIPER® Volumetric\nIntegrative Propagation Engine for Ray-Tracing (4-26-2143)-accessible only by\ngovernment customers on the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, present actual\nuse cases in which GRIMM™ and VIPER® were recognized among a competitive\nfield of applicants to the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace whose solutions\ndemonstrated innovation, scalability and potential impact on U.S. DoW\nmissions. Government customers interested in viewing the video solutions can\ncreate a Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace account at tradewindAI.com.\n\nAdditional product information is available at: www.hii.com/products/grimm and\nwww.hii.com/products/viper.\n\nAbout HII\n\nHII is America’s largest shipbuilder, delivering the world’s most powerful\nships and all-domain mission technologies, including unmanned systems, to U.S.\nand allied defense customers. HII is the largest producer of unmanned\nunderwater vehicles for the U.S. Navy and the world.\n\nWith a more than 140-year history of advancing U.S. national security, HII\nbuilds and integrates defense capabilities extending from the core fleet to\nC6ISR, AI/ML, EW and synthetic training. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s\nworkforce is 44,000 strong. For more information, visit:\n* HII on the web: https://www.HII.com/\n* HII on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamHII\n* HII on X: https://www.twitter.com/WeAreHII\n* HII on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WeAreHII\n* HII on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wearehii\nAbout the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace\nThe Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace is a digital repository of\npost-competition, readily awardable pitch videos that address the U.S.\nDepartment of War’s (DoW) most significant challenges in the Artificial\nIntelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), data, and analytics space. All\nawardable solutions have been assessed through complex scoring rubrics and\ncompetitive procedures and are available to Government customers with a\nMarketplace account. Government customers can create an account at\nwww.tradewindai.com. Tradewinds is housed in the U.S. DoW’s Chief Digital\nArtificial Intelligence Office. 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