John Hudson is a Research Engineer in the Technology Development Division of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding’s (NGSB) Newport News Operations. He has worked at Northrop Grumman for twenty-seven years with increasing levels of responsibility related to submarine and aircraft carrier research and development, total ownership cost and cost reduction analyses, system safety engineering, logistics and supportability programs.
Hudson began his career at NGSB in 1981, conducting material condition assessments for submarine overhauls. In 1985 he moved to the Integrated Logistics Support program for the SEAWOLF Class submarine design. In this program he was the lead engineer for logistics engineering programs, including human systems integration, system safety, and reliability and maintainability. He also served as supervisor of the submarine maintenance engineering and planning group. In 1998, Hudson was selected to join the newly formed Submarine Technology Development department. His responsibilities in submarine technology have included leading research projects in total ownership cost analysis, cost reduction, and electric actuation technologies. In late 2007 he was also assigned to support a new department focused on developing technologies and processes for life cycle support of the CVN78 Ford Class aircraft carriers.
One of Hudson’s responsibilities in Technology Development has been to actively work with small businesses developing technologies for submarines and aircraft carriers. He was a panelist at the Small Business Technology Council SBIR in Rapid Transition 2007.1 conference in March 2007. Hudson is a member of the Naval Submarine League and American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). He received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1981.