Tag: littoral combat ship
US Navy to Install NSM on Littoral Combat Ship for Deployment
The US Navy has issued an intention to award a sole-source contract to Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS for the equipment and flight test...
USS Coronado Completes Survivability Test
USS Coronado (LCS 4) successfully completed the Navy's Total Ship Survivability Trial (TSST) off the coast of California, Jan. 28. During the test event, the...
US to sell Saudi Arabia four advanced warships
The US government has approved an $11 billion deal to sell Saudi Arabia four advanced warships, officials said Tuesday, amid mounting regional tension. Saudi Arabia...
First SeaRAM missile fired from a US Navy Littoral Combat Ship
Weapon system tracks and engages target in LCS 4 exercise For the first time, the U.S. Navy successfully fired a tactical missile from a SeaRAM...
US Navy Names 19th Littoral Combat Ship
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced April 17 that the next Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) will be named USS St. Louis. The future...
NAVFAC EXWC Tests New RO System for Littoral Combat Ships
The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) completed tests on a prototype reverse osmosis (RO) system for the Navy's littoral combat...
Littoral Combat Ship’s Survival in an Attack Questioned
The Navy’s $23 billion Littoral Combat Ship is less able to survive an attack than other U.S. warships, according to the Pentagon’s top weapons...
Fire Scout UAV, Seahawk Tested on LCS 1
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) and the U.S. Navy successfully flew the unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout simultaneously with the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter for the...
US Navy Christens 6th LCS Ship
Austal christened the future USS Jackson (LCS 6) March 22 at its state-of-the-art shipyard in Mobile, Ala. Jackson is the first of 10 Independence-variant Littoral...
Fiscal Year 2014 Littoral Combat Ship Contract Awards Announced
Today, contract modifications were issued to Lockheed Martin Corporation and Austal USA under their respective Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) block buy contracts to add...
