Faced with massive modernization demands and a hefty sustainment backlog, the Air Force has sought to balance its budget books by underreporting needed ... relating to the Independence-variant ...

The USS Indianapolis is the first Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be modified to fire Hellfire missiles meant to take ...

Independence class Littoral Combat Ships are suffering hull cracking in multiple locations along the hull. But that is just the tip of the problem... Why did the Mavs trade Luka Dončić?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Marine Corps Pfc. Christian Renklema, a native of Georgia and an artillery cannoneer with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, operates the Navy Marine ...

In a set of briefing slides shown on 15 January by USN Captain Matthew Lehmann, programme manager for Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules and programme executive officer for Unmanned and Small ...

They first entered service in 2006. The Independence-class is the other series of littoral combat ships in the U.S. Navy besides the Freedom class. These are equipped with seaborne stealth ...