Report to Congress on Navy Medium Landing Ship
The following is the Navy Medium Landing Ship (LSM) (Previously Light Amphibious Warship [LAW]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress on July 23, 2024. …
SNA 2014: Lockheed Makes Progress On Next Generation Anti-Ship Missile
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated that its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) can be launched from the Mk-41 vertical launch system…
Report: Pentagon to Trim LCS Total to 32
The Pentagon plans to cut the total number of Littoral Combat Ships by 20 — from 52 to 32 —…
SNA 2014: Heat From F-35, MV-22 Continue to Plague Big Deck Amphibs
The Navy is continuing to wrestle with landing deck issues aboard its amphibious ships, tied to flight operations with the…
SNA 2014: U.S. Intelligence Community Could Be Considering LCS for Future Operations
U.S. intelligence officials have made informal inquiries to the Navy on whether the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) could be part…
New Navy Carrier Shuffle Moves Reagan to Japan, Roosevelt to San Diego
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) has been tapped by the Navy to be the service’s next forward deployed carrier in Japan…
Navy Recovers Remains of Missing Pilot From Last Week’s Helo Crash
The Navy recovered the missing pilot from last week’s MH-53E Sea Dragon crash off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va.,…
SNA 2014: Navy Pressing Ahead with Zumwalt
The Navy’s efforts to get its newest destroyer out to sea are on track, despite numerous setbacks to several of…
SNA 2014: Navy Won’t Rule Out Army Longbow Hellfire for LCS
The Navy is not closing the door on integrating an Army missile into the weapons package for the sea service’s…
SNA 2014: Navy Eyes Next Generation Fire Scout for LCS
Navy leaders are considering options to field the Northrop Grumman MQ-8C —the newest version of the Fire Scout unmanned aircraft aboard…
SNA 2014: Navy to Standup Surface Warfare ‘Top Gun’ This Summer
The surface Navy will take a page from the naval aviation community and standup a new command to teach combined…