Results of New LCS Review is Departure from Original Vision
THE PENTAGON – A recently completed review of how the Navy intends to man, train and equip the two variants…
Pentagon Weapon Tester Gilmore Calls for Land-based LCS Engineering Trainer
The Pentagon’s chief weapon’s tester is throwing his weight behind a Senate recommendation for the Navy to build land-based test…
LCS Detroit Delivers to Navy
The fourth Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship has delivered to the U.S. Navy ahead of an October commissioning, according to a…
RIMPAC 2016: LCS-4 Exercises With Chinese Navy Ahead Of First Deployment To Asia
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – The Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado (LCS-4) has had an opportunity to work with Chinese ships…
USS Coronado Departs San Diego For First Independence-Variant LCS Deployment
USS Coronado (LCS-4) departs its San Diego homeport today for an extended maiden deployment in the western Pacific, making it…
Document: GAO Report On Weaknesses in LCS and Frigate Acquisition Strategies
The following is a report to Congress by the Government Accountability Office, entitled “Littoral Combat Ship: Need to Address Fundamental Weaknesses…
Rear Adm. Brian Antonio, Former PEO LCS, Takes Over As PEO Aircraft Carriers
Rear Adm. Brian Antonio today relieved Rear Adm. Tom Moore as the new program executive officer for aircraft carriers, after…
SASC Passes FY17 NDAA; Bill Would Preserve LCS Cuts, Fund Readiness, Buy Additional Aircraft
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed its version of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act on Thursday, laying…
Shock Trials, Missile Launches, CONOPS Refinement Await LCS Program This Summer
The Littoral Combat Ship program will reach several major milestones in the coming months, from conducting full ship shock trials…
LCS Mine Countermeasures Package May Be Headed For Single IOT&E For All 4 Increments
Though the Littoral Combat Ship’s mine countermeasures mission package originally laid out a four-increment fielding plan that made use of…