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…
Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship Marinette Delivers to Navy
Lockheed Martin delivered the future USS Marinette (LCS-25) to the Navy at Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard, in Marinette, Wisc., the service…
Navy Decommissions First Littoral Combat Ship USS Freedom, Strikes Tug USNS Sioux
The Navy decommissioned the first Littoral Combat Ship with more than a decade of naval service last week.…
Huntington Ingalls Says All Employees Must Be ‘Fully Vaccinated’ for COVID-19 By December
The largest U.S. naval shipbuilder is mandating that all its employees complete a COVID-19 vaccine regimen by early December, according…
Navy Issues $554M Contract Modification for Second Navy Frigate
The Navy on Thursday issued Fincantieri Marinette Marine a $554 million contract to start building the next frigate in the…
Fincantieri Wins $795M Contract for Navy Frigate Program
This post has been updated to include additional information from the Navy. The Navy awarded a $795-million contract to Fincantieri…
Fincantieri Betting on Power Generation to Land Navy Frigate Contest
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the contest to build the Navy’s new class of guided-missile frigates, bidders are counting on power…
VIDEO: Newest Littoral Combat Ship Christened Saturday
The Navy christened its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS-21) at a ceremony in Marinette, Wis., on Saturday.…
Navy Accepts Delivery of Freedom-Variant LCSs Sioux City, Wichita
The Navy accepted delivery of two Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships on Wednesday, as Lockheed Martin and the Marinette Marine shipyard…