The Navy is upgrading littoral combat ships to fight drones
The USS Indianapolis is the first Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be modified to fire Hellfire missiles meant to take ...
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Littoral Combat Ships are Breaking Apart at Sea
Independence class Littoral Combat Ships are suffering hull cracking in multiple locations along the hull. But that is just the tip of the ...
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An Embarrassing Chapter in American Seapower Acquisition Nears Its End
This category — the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) group — is composed of two distinct designs: the LCS-1 Freedom class, a steel monohull, and the LCS-2 Independence class, an aluminum trimaran ...
Littoral Combat Ship Can Now Rapidly Shoot Down Aerial Drones With Hellfire Missiles
The U.S. Navy carried out a crash program last year to enable Freedom class littoral combat ships (LCS) armed with radar-guided AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles to fire those weapons against ...