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Littoral Combat Ship: The Navy's A Giant Warship Mistake
The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, once envisioned as a multi-role, near-shore operational vessel, is now ...
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The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Just Won't Go Away
The U.S. Navy recently accepted the USS Beloit, a Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) built by Lockheed Martin. -The USS ...
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Dropping Like Flies: Third US Navy Littoral Combat Ship Out of Action
The most recent casualty, the USS Coronado, participated in ... US Navy Test-Fires Anti-Ship Missile From Littoral Combat Ship”). It is also the first LCS to be armed with an advanced anti ...
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The Navy wants to ditch 4 of its ‘little crappy ships’ more than a decade early
According to a December memo from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, the plan would decommission the littoral combat ships Freedom, Independence, Fort Worth and Coronado ...
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Navy to host LCS mission module industry day in November
Naval Sea Systems Command is planning a Nov. 1 industry day on the Littoral Combat Ship mission modules development, engineering, production and sustainment (DEPS) program, according to a Monday ...
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US Navy Takes Delivery of Future USS Beloit (LCS 29)
The U.S. Navy announced it has accepted delivery of the second-to-last Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future ...
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Broke Down and Tied to the Pier — the U.S. Naval Fleet Is in Dire Need of Reinforcement
These issues come on top of a series of reports that reveal that six of the first seven littoral combat ships (LCSs ... given the differences in the LCS variants) ships represent the very cutting ...
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An Embarrassing Chapter in American Seapower Acquisition Nears Its End
This category — the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) group — is composed of two distinct designs: the LCS-1 Freedom class, a steel monohull, and the LCS-2 Independence class, an aluminum trimaran ...
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Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
Two U.S. senators think that the US Navy is overstating the capabilities of the Littoral Combat Ship. However, no decision on what new missile system to purchase has been made yet, according to a ...
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U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Beloit (LCS 29)
Public Affairs, Oct. 1, 2024 MARINETTE — The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Beloit (LCS 29) from Lockheed Martin at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in ...
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Biden Must Move Fast And Kill The Freedom Class LCS
But while nobody wants to kill an established program of record, there are enough options on the table right now that even the most committed members of the Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship ...
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Navy takes delivery of future USS Beloit (LCS 29)
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Beloit (LCS 29) from Lockheed Martin at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine ...