The US Navy has received the future USS Cleveland (LCS 31), the 16 th and final vessel in the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) programme, from Fincantieri Marinette Marine on 26 November ...

This year, the US Navy has retired a handful of aging ships without immediate successors—shrinking its overall size, even ...

Key Points and Summary - As the final Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is delivered, a review of the program's mixed legacy shows it was a gamble that didn't pay off. -Conceived in the post-9/11 era for low ...

The military keeps trying to get rid of both of them, but the A-10 Thunderbolt II and the Littoral Combat Ship keep finding ways to stick around — particularly in the Middle East. The Navy’s 5th Fleet ...

U.S. Navy Secretary Donald Winter announced late March 15 that he is ready to lift a previously issued stop-work order against Lockheed Martin over one of its Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) if the ...