PEO LCS Looking at 2016 Deployment of Anti-Sub Package Ahead of Reaching IOC
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Program Executive Officer for Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) hopes to send a version of the anti-submarine…
Raytheon and Kongsberg Team to Pitch Stealthy Norwegian Strike Missile for LCS
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — The Norwegian manufacturer of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) has teamed with U.S. missile manufacturer Raytheon to…
LCS Mine Countermeasures Package May Reach IOC By September After July IOT&E
WASHINGTON, D.C. – USS Independence (LCS-2) got underway Tuesday to prepare for its mine countermeasures mission package technical evaluation (TECHEVAL),…
Navy Awards 2 LCSs to Austal, 1 and Advance Procurement Funding to Lockheed Martin
This post has been updated to include additional information from Lockheed Martin regarding the impact of the contracting decision to…
PEO LCS Begins At Sea Testing of Modified Longbow Hellfire Missile
The Program Executive Office for Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) began a series of tests on its modified Longbow Hellfire missile…
LCS Independence Ships Out for MCM Package Test
The test ship for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) mine countermeasure (MCM) mission package shipped out from Naval…
Opinion: LCS Survivability Questions Linger
Less than a month after U.S. Navy leaders announced modified versions of both variants of the Littoral Combat Ship would…
LCS Fort Worth Joins Airliner Search
The Navy’s forward deployed Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) has joined in the search for the missing Air…
U.S. Destroyer Sampson On Station for Airliner Search, Fort Worth LCS Being Made Ready
The headline of this post was updated to reflect USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is being prepared to travel to the…
Navy: Fleet Put LCS Follow-on Focus on Surface and Sub Threats, Not Air
PENTAGON — Navy operators said the service’s next small surface combatant (SSC) top priorities should be fighting other surface ships at…