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…
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…
Lawmakers Question Who Will Shepherd Navy’s Future Unmanned Fleet
When the Navy moved from a conventionally powered fleet to a nuclear one, Adm. Hyman Rickover oversaw the transitions for…
Opinion: Littoral Combat Ship Needs Full Congressional Support
Congress continues to undercut the LCS program by not fully funding the modular systems vital to achieving the full potential…
Navy’s Remote Minehunting System Officially Canceled, Sonar May Live On
THE PENTAGON — The Navy has officially canceled the Remote Minehunting System acquisition program, but the AN/AQS-20A advanced minehunting sonar…
UPDATED: Navy Will Not Buy More RMMVs, Will Compete 3 Unmanned Vehicles For Future Use
This post has been updated to include a complete account from the Navy regarding its plans for the RMMV and…
Document: Frank Kendall Letter on Independent Remote Minehunting System Review
The following is the Oct. 8, 2015 letter from Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall to Senate Armed Services Committee chair…
UPDATED: Navy Launches Independent Review of Littoral Combat Ship Remote Minehunting System
This post has been updated to include additional information from a letter from Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall sent to…
LCS Mine Countermeasures Operational Test Rescheduled for November, Pending Approval
The Littoral Combat Ship program could begin final mine countermeasures mission package testing in November, after reliability concerns delayed the…
McCain, Reed Chide Navy Over Problems with LCS Mine Countermeasure Package, Recommend Review of Other Technologies
The heads of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) expressed disappointment in the progress of the Mine Countermeasures (MCM) package…