The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program is presented as a deeply flawed naval experiment. The decision to build two competing ...
The Independence-class LCS has been re-adapted for use as a minesweeper, although there are concerns that its aluminum hull ...
Thursday responding to a congressman who had been critical of the fledgling program. U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., sent Mabus a letter last week, asking the Navy to undertake a full review of the ...
As the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1) USS Freedom works its way through deployment exercises in the Asia-Pacific, a recent U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) report underscores the ...
The Navy has awarded a contract worth up to $169 million over five years to Computer Sciences Corp. to furnish an array of support services to the Littoral Combat Ship Program Office. Under the ...
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon announced a military cut plan Monday that could greatly impact some workers in our area.Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel advised the Navy to buy 32 littoral combat ships, ...
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Aspiring educators in Lynchburg now have more opportunities than ever to become licensed teachers, LCS said. LCS said this is in thanks to the new Lynchburg City Schools (LCS) ...
A new report from a Congressional watchdog rips the Littoral Combat Ship, saying that its lethality and survivability is still "largely unproven." One of the ship's two variants is built in Mobile and ...
The U.S. Navy on Wednesday said it would scrap plans to purchase Littoral Combat Ships from two contractors, one of which is Bath Iron Works, and instead seek competitive bids to award all 10 ships to ...
THE PENTAGON — While no program is guaranteed protection during these days of fiscal austerity, the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) acquisition plans are as safe as any other from substantial ...
Freedom-class LCS St. Louis (LCS-19), left, in Marinette, Wisc., on Dec. 15, 2018, as Billings (LCS-15) is under construction and preparing for commissioning. US Navy Photo The Navy is ready to sunset ...
The U.S. Navy has decided to delay by a year until fiscal 2020 the awarding of a design and construction contract for a planned new frigate, according to congressional testimony on Wednesday by two ...