Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints George M. Simmerman, Jr., signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
	as officer of Huntington Ingalls Industries,Inc. (the "Company"),
	Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
	Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
	may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
	form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities
	and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
	foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
	to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
	being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
	behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
	such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
	attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned
is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 10th day of March 2011.



       					/s/ Mark Rabinowitz
       					Mark Rabinowitz