Huntington Ingalls, a subsidiary of US defense contractor Northrop Grumman has won nearly US$129 million in arbitration with Venezuela’s defense ministry over repair and upgrade of naval frigates. Filings and counter-filings have appeared since this dispute began over 15 years ago, amid deteriorating US-Venezuela relations. Quinn Smith of GST LLP, handling the matter in US courts, confirms that the tribunal “accepted some of Huntington’s claims, while rejecting others, and admitted the ministry’s counterclaim.”