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VIDEO: Navy Brings Mine Countermeasures Triad Together for Experiment Aboard British Ship

April 1, 2019 4:05 PM

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2 man a combat rubber raiding craft while underway with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary landing ship dock Mounts Bay during a mine countermeasures (MCM) task group experiment. US Navy Photo

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, ABOARD RFA MOUNTS BAY – The Navy’s mine countermeasures community brought all three legs of its triad together for a single experiment – aboard an allied ship – to see how well they could combine their gear and people to tackle a common threat. Read More →

Navy Budgeting $1.3B for First FFG(X) Hull; 9 Planned Over the Next Five Years

By: Sam LaGrone

March 12, 2019 12:02 PM

THE PENTAGON — The Navy is budgeting $1.3 billion in Fiscal Year 2020 to purchase its first-in-class guided-missile frigate and associated engineering costs as part of an aggressive push to buy nine FFG(X) hulls by FY 2024, according to a Tuesday Navy budget overview. Read More →

Navy Issues Draft RFP for FFG(X) Next-Generation Frigate

By: Sam LaGrone

March 2, 2019 8:31 AM

Artist’s rendering of the Austal USA FFG(X) bid from SNA 2019. Austal USA Image

The Navy has issued a draft request for proposal to design and build its planned class of 20 next-generation guided-missile frigates (FFG(X)). Read More →

Navy Retooling Fire Scout Program to Focus on More Complex Warfare Missions

By: Sam LaGrone

February 20, 2019 6:11 PM

Maintainers from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VX-1) analyze diagnostics from the MQ-8C Fire Scout on the flight deck of the Independence variant littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) on June 21, 2018. US Navy photo.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Navy is rethinking how it will employ its emerging MQ-8C Fire Scout rotary-wing unmanned vehicles to help Littoral Combat Ships take on tougher targets in a new age of great power competition. Read More →

Austal Expanding Involvement in LCS Program Through Maintenance Planning, Execution

By: Megan Eckstein

February 11, 2019 2:16 PM

The littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) enters dry dock for Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) at San Diego Ship Repair on May 19, 2017. PSA is designed to harness results of a thorough test and evaluation period and pave the way to operational employment by the Navy. It is the last availability in the ship construction period and required repairs identified during combat systems ship qualifications trials and final contractor trials are made using contractor and program office money. US Navy photo.

Austal USA is looking to deepen its ties with the Littoral Combat Ship program, pursuing multiple efforts to remain involved in maintenance and life cycle management for the ship program still about halfway through construction. Read More →

Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Frigate (FFG(X)) Program

February 5, 2019 1:15 PM

The following is the Feb. 4, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Frigate (FFG[X]) Program:
Background and Issues for Congress. Read More →

Navy Pursuing ‘Surface Development Squadron’ to Experiment with Zumwalt DDGs, Unmanned Ships

By: Megan Eckstein

January 28, 2019 9:37 AM

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) steams in formation with USS Independence (LCS-2) on Dec. 8, 2016. US Navy Photo

ARLINGTON, Va. – Naval Surface Forces is continuing its push for an experimental squadron that would help figure out how to best leverage new platforms such as the Zumwalt-class destroyers and unmanned surface ships. Read More →

LCS Mission Package Office Focused On Test, Fielding; IOC Dates Continue to Slip

By: Megan Eckstein

January 25, 2019 2:46 PM

The future littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) conducts acceptance trials, which are the last significant milestone before a ship is delivered to the Navy. US Navy photo.

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Littoral Combat Ship mission package program office considers itself to be out of the technology development business and fully into testing and production, the program manager said last week. Read More →

Navy Squeezing Costs Out of FFG(X) Program as Requirements Solidify

By: Sam LaGrone

January 22, 2019 7:05 PM

Artist’s rendering of the Austal USA FFG(X) bid from SNA 2019. Austal USA Image

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy says it may have squeezed out about $150 million per hull in savings as the service closes in on final requirements for a planned class of next-generation frigates (FFG(X)), program officials said last week. Read More →

Navy Set to Restart LCS Deployments this Year, Despite Challenges in Manning, Training

By: Megan Eckstein

January 14, 2019 11:57 AM

USS Wichita (LCS-13) conducts acceptance trials on Lake Michigan on July 11, 2018. Lockheed Martin photo.

The Navy is optimistic it will deploy three Littoral Combat Ships by this fall, after not deploying any last year and grappling with significant gaps in manning and advanced training. Read More →

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Tag Archives: littoral combat ship

VIDEO: Navy Brings Mine Countermeasures Triad Together for Experiment Aboard British Ship

Navy Budgeting $1.3B for First FFG(X) Hull; 9 Planned Over the Next Five Years

Navy Issues Draft RFP for FFG(X) Next-Generation Frigate

Navy Retooling Fire Scout Program to Focus on More Complex Warfare Missions

Austal Expanding Involvement in LCS Program Through Maintenance Planning, Execution

Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Frigate (FFG(X)) Program

Navy Pursuing ‘Surface Development Squadron’ to Experiment with Zumwalt DDGs, Unmanned Ships

LCS Mission Package Office Focused On Test, Fielding; IOC Dates Continue to Slip

Navy Squeezing Costs Out of FFG(X) Program as Requirements Solidify

Navy Set to Restart LCS Deployments this Year, Despite Challenges in Manning, Training

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