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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The Navy wants to ditch 4 of its ‘little crappy ships’ more than a decade early
In the latest sign that the Navy seems to have finally given up on the issue-plagued 'little crappy ships,' the service reportedly plans on decommissioning its first four littoral combat ship in ...
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US Navy commissions antepenultimate Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship
The procurement of the Littoral Combat Ship programme was planned to see ... would undergo a diesel engine replacement programme, just four years after it entered service. One of two original ...
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The Navy Is Too Important To Be Left to the Admirals
At a time when the incoming administration wants to position itself to challenge China's growing strengths, namely its ...
The National Interest14d
Littoral Combat Ship
The Navy’s troubled Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships are slated for a class-wide repair following the successful validation on one ship of the class. The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships have ...
Defense One22d
Disparaged, discontinued...and indispensable? Littoral combat ships take on real-world ops
The Navy may have capped its fleet of much-anticipated—and much-maligned—littoral combat ships at 28 for now, but their commanders haven’t stopped trying to squeeze every last ounce of ...
National Review1y
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 ...
The National Interest13d
U.S. Navy “Embarrassed” By Lack of Lasers, Admiral Says
He wasn’t talking about the size of the fleet—the smallest since the First World War—or by recent misguided programs including the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS ... be part of an aerial defense—not a ...
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Biden Must Move Fast And Kill The Freedom Class LCS
But while nobody wants to kill an established program of record, there are enough options on the table right now that even the most committed members of the Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship ...
The Aviationist17d
AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles Fielded Onboard U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships for C-UAS Defense
The U.S. Navy rapidly added new C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aerial System) capabilities to the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships in the form of Longbow Hellfire missiles. The U.S. Navy has ...
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Antonio Assigned as PEO, Littoral Combat Ships
Capt. Brian K. Antonio, USN, has been selected for the rank of rear admiral and will be assigned as program executive officer for Littoral Combat Ships, Washington, D.C.
The Diplomat9y
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
Two U.S. senators think that the US Navy is overstating the capabilities of the Littoral Combat Ship. However, no decision on what new missile system to purchase has been made yet, according to a ...