The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program is presented as a deeply flawed naval experiment. The decision to build two competing ...

The Freedom-class LCS isn't a large warship like the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, designed to stay near the coast ...

The Independence-class LCS has been re-adapted for use as a minesweeper, although there are concerns that its aluminum hull ...

The U.S. Navy will commission the future USS Beloit (LCS 29), a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, on Nov. 23, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.As the ship’s sponsor, retired Army Maj. Gen. Marcia M.

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of a construction phase that’s lasted 15 years. The Alabama-based Austal ...

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. - USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21), a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), returned to ...

The future USS Pierre, the last of 19 Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships built by Austal USA, makes its final departure ...

An MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to the ‘Blackjacks’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 departs from Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) in the Strait of Malacca, ...

The cities of Philadelphia and Camden will host the Navy Marine Corps 250 celebration October 9-16, 2025, with four U.S. Navy ...

The U.S. Navy is constantly in the business of modernizing its force, refreshing older hulls, and pushing new technologies ...

As Austal USA's last Littoral Combat Ship prepares to sail away, it's a time to reflect on what the program has meant.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 2, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has christened and launched the U.S. Navy‘s 11th littoral combat ship at the Menominee River in Wisconsin, ExecutiveBiz reported ...