Huntington Ingalls Industries™ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has promoted Jason Ward to vice president of Columbia-class submarine construction and named Dave Bolcar as VP for the Virginia-class submarine development program.
Ward and Bolcar will directly report to Ken Mahler, VP of Navy programs at Newport News Shipbuilding, HII said Wednesday.
Jennifer Boykin, president of HII™s Newport News Shipbuilding division, said the leadership changes seek to reflect the opportunities and growth that Virginia- and Columbia-class submarine programs offer to the division.
Prior to his promotion, Ward previously served as director of the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine construction program.
He has held the roles of program manager of AP1000 shield building fabrication at HII™s Newport News Industrial business and director of integrated digital shipbuilding.
Bolcar, formerly VP of all submarine construction programs, is a 30-year Newport News veteran who started his career as an engineer at the Los Angeles-class submarine engineering division.
His previous roles include manager of Columbia-class propulsion engineering and Ford-class component engineering as well as director of the Columbia-class program and submarine engineering.
