A recent Pentagon war game that ran the Navy’s new Littoral Combat Ship through simulated combat in the Gulf didn’t unfold quite as expected, according to participants. The LCS is custom built with ...

The US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules programme successfully completed the integration testing of two unmanned systems aboard USS Independence on 14 January. The two systems – the ...

WASHINGTON — The complicated job of testing and evaluating the major warfare modules for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program is making strides, said a key US Navy officer, but reliability and ...

The US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules (MM) programme has completed developmental testing of the coastal mine reconnaissance (CMR) mission module onboard USS Coronado. The testing ...

(Credit: PRNews Foto/Lockheed Martin) The Austal USA facility in Mobile, Alabama, is a state-of-the-art ship production facility, sporting a new dual line Module Manufacturing Facility (not pictured) ...

February 26, 2025: Last year the U.S. Navy decided to reverse its plan to quickly discard its remaining LCS Littoral Combat Ships and instead upgrade many of them. The only combat an LCS has seen was ...

March 8, 2024: This year the U.S. Navy decided to reverse its plan to quickly discard its remaining LCS (Littoral Combat Ships) and instead upgrade many of them. In late 2023 it came as no surprise ...