The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program has absorbed billions of dollars and years of criticism over mechanical failures ...
MOBILE, Alabama-- A version of the U.S. Navy’s budget may cut the littoral combat ship program down to 24 ships, as military officials prepare for some of the fallout from cuts to the 2015 budget. In ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of ...
The current conflict over the Strait of Hormuz seems like an opportunity tailor-made for Navy ships made in Mobile to finally ...
THE PENTAGON — While no program is guaranteed protection during these days of fiscal austerity, the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) acquisition plans are as safe as any other from substantial ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship, made two drug busts within 72 hours, seizing more than $9.5 ...
A ceremony to mark the rollout of the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) mission module for the littoral combat ship (LCS) was held Sept. 19 at Naval Base Point Loma. The Program Executive Office for ...
The US Navy appears to believe that its Littoral Combat Ships are not up to the task of taking on Iranian naval mines.
The Navy relieved the commanding officer of a littoral combat ship deployed to the Middle East, 5th Fleet officials announced. Cmdr. Adam Ochs was relieved as the commanding officer of USS Santa ...
The U.S. Navy has issued a Lockheed Martin-led industry team a contract modification for one fully funded 2015 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) valued at $362 million, along with $79 million in advanced ...
The Navy has retired most of its dedicated minesweeping vessels—but the Littoral Combat Ship has the same capabilities and could fill in for them in the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump has ...
Can a ship class written off as a procurement mistake become useful precisely because naval warfare keeps rewarding narrow, ...