Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Smith Michael Stephen
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/01/2016		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. [HII]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
4101 WASHINGTON AVE.		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Corp VP, Strategy & Dev.
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23607		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 493.482 (1)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Units in 401(k) plan   (2)   (2) Common Stock 168.4378 $ (2) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Smith Michael Stephen
4101 WASHINGTON AVE.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23607		       Corp VP, Strategy & Dev.  

Signatures

Kathy S. Owen, Attorney-in-Fact for Michael Stephen Smith 03/08/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Total amount includes 484 restricted stock rights, with accumulated dividends equal to 9.482 restricted stock rights, granted under the Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan ("HII LTISP") on 08/25/2014, and with 100% vesting on 08/25/2017.
(2) The issuer's outside administrator for the issuer's 401(k) plan holds issuer stock in a pooled fund as a participant investment option. Participant contributions designated for investment in issuer common stock are accounted for as units of interest in the issuer stock fund. Each unit was valued at $31.3996 as of March 1, 2016. The unit value can fluctuate with fluctuations in the value of the issuer common stock and the daily cash position of the issuer stock fund. The number of shares of issuer stock attributable to the reporting person can be determined at any time by first multiplying the number of units in the reporting person's account by the then current unit price and dividing the total by the price of the issuer common stock. As of March 1, 2016, the reporting person held an equivalent of 168.4378 shares in the issuer 401(k) plan. The 401(k) plan is a "Qualified Plan" as defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(4).

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