HASC Adopts Amendment That Would Authorize 4 More Battleforce Ships, Increase DoD Topline By $23.9B
This story has been updated to include more information about the amphibious warship included in the amendment put forth by…
HASC Chairman’s Mark Adds 12 Navy Super Hornets, Preserves Navy Nuclear Cruise Missile Funds
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is preserving money to develop a new surface-launched nuclear cruise missile, and…
Raytheon Says it Can Meet U.S. Naval Strike Missile Demand
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Key to the Navy and Marine Corps future battle plans in the Western Pacific are populating…
Chinese See U.S. Littoral Combat Ship as ‘Powerful Tool’ in Future Distributed Conflicts
The Chinese military sees the Littoral Combat Ship armed with anti-ship missiles as a key element of a U.S. distributed…
HASC Readiness Mark Wants to Save INSURV Reports; TACAIR Panel Cautious of Navy’s Strike Fighter Plans
The House Armed Services Committee readiness subcommittee wants to make sure the independent report on the health of the Navy’s…
CNO Gilday: Keeping Littoral Combat Ships Nimble Key to Pacific Deployments, No Plans for 1st Fleet in Singapore
KUALA LUMPUR — The Navy is making Littoral Combat Ship deployments in the Indo-Pacific region more flexible and unpredictable, allowing…
Six Littoral Combat Ships to Deploy by Year’s End as Navy Continues to Refine Operations
The Navy will have six Littoral Combat Ships deployed by the end of the year – a record for the…
Two LCSs, Reagan Carrier Strike Group and America ESG on Patrol in the Western Pacific
KUALA LUMPUR – Two Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships – USS Tulsa (LCS-16) and USS Charleston (LCS-18) – are currently on…
7th Fleet CO: Deployed LCS USS Gabrielle Giffords ‘Pretty Much Owned’ South China Sea
The Navy is now pushing the Littoral Combat Ships out into the Pacific in force after more than a decade…
GAO Report on Littoral Combat Ship Maintenance
The following is the April 29, 2021 Government Accountability Office report, Littoral Combat Ship: Unplanned Work on Maintenance Contracts Creates…