Navy Deploys First Operational LCS Mine Countermeasures Packages
The Littoral Combat Ships carrying the first two operational mine countermeasure packages deployed earlier this month after more than a…
Austal to Pay $24M Fine in Deal with DoJ, SEC Over Accounting Fraud Case
Austal USA will pay out a $24 million fine in a deal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and…
U.S. Navy Building Robust Logistics Framework in Indo-Pacific
This post has been updated to correct the task force number of the Logistics Group Western Pacific. It’s Commander Task…
Navy Raises Battle Force Goal to 381 Ships in Classified Report to Congress
The Navy is now more than 80 ships short of the latest estimate of what the sea service thinks it…
HASC Agrees to Navy’s Plans to Shed Littoral Combat Ships, Moves to Abolish CAPE
The House Armed Services Committee will allow the Navy to move ahead with plans to decommission the troubled Littoral Combat…
Navy Talks Details on LCS Mine Countermeasures Mission Package
After several years of delays, the Navy’s mine countermeasures mission package for the Littoral Combat Ship has finally reached its…
Littoral Combat Ship USS Cooperstown Commissions in New York
The Navy commissioned the 12th Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship Saturday in New York City on Saturday.…
Major Shift Comes to Fincantieri Marinette Marine as Freedom LCS Line Ends
MARINETTE, Wis. – Three ships moored on the Wisconsin side of the Menominee River mark the end of a 20-year-long…
Ransomware Attack Hits Marinette Marine Shipyard, Results in Short-Term Delay of Frigate, Freedom LCS Construction
This post has been updated with a statement from Lockheed Martin. The Wisconsin shipyard that builds the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-class…
CMC Berger to Senate: ‘There’s No Plan’ to Meet Amphib Warship Requirements
The Marine Corps’ top officer told a Senate panel that he put a $1.75 billion warship on the top of…