Freedom, Shaped by the Proteus Dive Team
David, Chloe, Josh and Karl are design engineers – and accomplished divers, working at HII’s former Undersea Solutions Group subsidiary. From concept development to design/build, they play vital roles in taking the Proteus DMUV (dual mode undersea vehicle) out to sea.
Meet the team
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Ali Harkous, a manager of Technical Solutions' surface program management office in San Diego, left behind the civil war in Lebanon for school in the United States.
After a 10-year career with the Virginia Ballet Theatre, Helen Gault joined Newport News Shipbuilding. She is now finishing her training at The Apprentice School as a weld inspection specialist.
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