Overview
- Austal USA’s Board of Managers named Gene Miller its permanent president after he served in the interim role earlier this year.
- The company said the appointment follows a comprehensive three-month search conducted by the board to identify a successor.
- Miller joined Austal USA in 2024 as chief operating officer and previously led amphibious ship programs at Ingalls and spent more than 20 years at Bath Iron Works.
- The leadership change comes as Austal’s Mobile, Alabama yard shifts from building aluminum Littoral Combat Ships to steel programs such as the Navy’s TAGOS-25 ocean surveillance ships and submarine modules.
- Separately, South Korea’s Hanwha was approved last year to raise its stake in Austal USA to 19.9 percent and has signaled interest in eventual full control, a background factor for the company’s future direction.