What the U.S. Navy Could Learn from Danish Frigate Design
As the U.S. Navy’s requirements and engineering communities look at upcoming ship classes and attempt to build in flexibility, they…
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…
Document: Report to Congress on Littoral Combat Ships and Frigates
The following is the Jan. 30, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate Program: Background and Issues…
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…
SNA: Modified Littoral Combat Ships to be Designated Frigates
CRYSTAL CITY, VA. – The modified Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class will be designated as frigates, Secretary of the Navy…
SNA: Surface Leaders Make the Case for the Modified Littoral Combat Ship
CRYSTAL CITY, VA. — The director of the Navy’s Surface Warfare Division said the Navy is making choices in three…
Top Stories 2014: U.S. Navy Operations
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts, and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
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…
Up Gunned LCS Hulls Picked for Navy’s Next Small Surface Combatant
PENTAGON — The Navy will beef up the weapons, armor and sensors on its two existing classes of Littoral Combat…