The firm-fixed-price contract covers maintenance, modernisation, and repair for USS Wichita (LCS 13) during its 2026 dock ...

Textron Systems has marked a new operational milestone for its Aerosonde uncrewed aircraft system with the platform’s first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Cleveland is commissioned in a ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, May 16, 2026. (MCS3 Jasmin ...

The U.S. Navy’s final Freedom-class littoral combat ship, the USS Cleveland, arrived at Naval Station Mayport June 11, almost four weeks after its commissioning in Ohio. The ship’s arrival caps a ...

“An experiment that didn’t work,” said another. And an expensive one. The price of the program is pegged at $60 billion, but a 2023 report from the investigative journalism site ProPublica said the ...

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Designed to serve the Navy as a cheaper member of the DD(X) family of ships, the LCS class was initially meant to fulfill the requirement for small, fast, and maneuverable vessels. Under the LCS ...

The final Independence-class LCS will now be retooled for mine warfare, and the ships may finally serve a helpful purpose, replacing aging minesweepers. It is just the second warship to be named for ...

The Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), or frigates (FF) as future variants of the LCS will be called, have been a ripe subject for hyperbole and strawmen in contemporary debates over military acquisition ...

The USS Cleveland, the final Freedom-class littoral combat ship, has arrived at Naval Station Mayport. Mayport is now the homeport for 10 littoral combat ships following the decommissioning of several ...