HII: 10-K Risk Factor Changes

•Cost growth on flexibly priced contracts that does not result in higher contract prices due from customers reduces our profit and exposes us to the potential loss of future business. •We depend on the recruitment and retention of qualified personnel, and challenges associated with our ability to attract, train and retain such personnel have harmed and may continue to negatively impact our business. •Our earnings and profitability depend, in part, upon subcontractor performance and raw material and component availability and pricing. •Our future success depends in part on our ability to increase our current and future shipbuilding capacity. If we are unable to do so, or to do so in a cost-effective manner, our business could be materially adversely affected. •Many of our contracts include performance obligations that incorporate innovative designs, state-of-the-art manufacturing expertise, or new technologies, or otherwise are dependent upon factors not wholly within our control, and failure to meet performance expectations could adversely affect our profitability and future prospects. •Changes in key estimates and assumptions associated with postretirement benefit plans, such as discount rates and assumed long-term returns on assets, actual investment returns on our pension plan assets, and legislative and regulatory actions could significantly affect our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. •We could be negatively impacted by security threats, including cyber security threats, and related disruptions. •We utilize artificial intelligence, which could expose us to liability or adversely affect our business, especially if we are unable to compete effectively with others in adopting artificial intelligence. •Our business is subject to disruptions caused by natural disasters, environmental disasters, and other events that could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. •We face risks related to health epidemics, pandemics, and similar outbreaks. 11 11 11 Table of Contents Table of Contents •Our business could be negatively impacted if we are unsuccessful negotiating new collective bargaining agreements. •Changes in future business conditions could cause business investments, recorded goodwill, and/or purchased intangible assets to become impaired, resulting in losses and write-downs that would reduce our operating income.