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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US Navy’s USS Indianapolis LCS gets C-UAS capability
The programme upgraded the SSMM's software and hardware in 2024 to enhance the ship's defence during deployment.
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Surface Navy 2025: LCS USS Indianapolis gets outfitted with C-UAS capabilities
USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) has been outfitted with counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) capabilities, the US Navy ...
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Navy plans to name new ship USS Indianapolis
Pending authorization and funding, the name be given to the next littoral combat ship (LCS), which are designed to cruise costal waters. The USS Indianapolis entered a dark chapter in the history ...
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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 ... Mark Haney said. “Indianapolis proved them wrong.” The ship also received a Combat Action Ribbon ...
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Littoral Combat Ship
The USS Montgomery arrived in Singapore on July 6 as part of a rotational deployment to the Indo-Pacific region. The Independence-class USS Montgomery made a port call in the Philippines on June 29.
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USS Indianapolis
The U.S. warship was sunk by a Japanese submarine in July 1945. It delivered parts for the atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima.