Austal and Lockheed Martin each awarded another LCS
OCTOBER 9, 2017 — Austal USA, Mobile, AL, and Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, MD, are each being awarded a Navy contract for a littoral combat ship (LCS). In each case, the award
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BAE San Diego gets $24.4 million for LCS work
SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 — BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, CA, is being awarded a $24,448,647 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-16-C-2309) to exercise options for post-shakedown availabilities (PSA)
Helped by LCS success, Austal returns to profitability
AUGUST 28, 2017 — Australian shipbuilder Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) today reported its results for the year ended June 2017, with underlying earnings exceeding guidance given at the start of the year. It said
Navy takes delivery of LCS 10
DECEMBER 27, 2016 — Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) reports thatr the future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) has been delivered to the United States Navy (USN) during a ceremony held aboard the ship
LCS 10 successfully completes acceptance trials
NOVEMBER 22, 2016 — Naval Sea Systems Command reports that future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully completed its acceptance trials Nov. 18. The trials consisted of a series of in-port and
VIDEO: LCS 4 executes live fire test of Harpoon missile
JULY 28, 2016 — USS Coronado (LCS 4), an Independence variant LCS built by shipbuilder Austal USA, successfully executed the first live fire over-the-horizon missile test using a Harpoon Block IC missile
High speed cat fits JRC high speed solid state S-band
JULY 13, 2016 — JRC reports that the world’s first, smallest and IMO compliant solid state S-band radar with 8-ft antenna and high speed rotation has been installed on the high speed
Former Hawaii Superferry gets a new role
MARCH 30, 2016 — After a hitch with the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, the former Hawaii Superferry Alakai is to return to civilian life, for a time at least, operating a
Austal USA gets $13.9 million Navy award
MARCH 18, 2016 — Austal USA, Mobile, AL, is being awarded a $13,974,187 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-11-C-2301 to exercise an option for special studies, analyses and review efforts for the
USNS Fall River christened at Austal USA
JANUARY 13, 2014—Austal USA recently christened USNS Fall River (JHSV 4) at its state-of-the-art shipyard in Mobile, AL. USNS Fall River is the fourth of 10 Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) that