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…
Navy Taps One-Star To Drive LCS Program Improvements
The Navy has installed a one-star admiral to oversee a task force focused on refining the employment, maintenance and reliability…
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…
CNO, Commandant: Services Have A Good Idea of How They’ll Fight, If Congress Helps Them With the Right Spending Plans
The chief of naval operations and commandant of the Marine Corps say they are increasingly clear on how they’d want…
Interview: Elaine Luria Says Navy Needs to Build ‘Battle Force 2025’ Instead of Divesting to Prepare for a 2045 Fight
The vice-chair of the House Armed Services Committee does not support the Navy’s “divest to invest” strategy of ridding the…
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…
CENTCOM Commander: U.S. ‘Completely Focused’ on Responsible Afghanistan Withdrawal
U.S. Central Command’s top officer stressed today that the military is “completely focused” on responsibly withdrawing from Afghanistan by Sept.…
MQ-8B Fire Scout Crashes Into Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston On Deployment
An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle crashed into the side of Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston (LCS-18) after taking…