GAO calls for delay in acquiring LCS’s frigate successors
APRIL 18, 2017 — There are those who love the Navy’s LCS (littoral combat ship) program, and those that decidedly do not. The ding dong between the LCS lovers and the LCS
APRIL 18, 2017 — There are those who love the Navy’s LCS (littoral combat ship) program, and those that decidedly do not. The ding dong between the LCS lovers and the LCS
MARCH 1, 2017 — Resolve Marine Group, Inc. and the Indian Navy have successfully rolled and righted the 3,800 t guided missile frigate INS Betwa. Due to a loss of stability while
DECEMBER 2, 2016 — Testimony given yesterday at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee underscored continuing differences of opinion on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Some of the sharpest
OCTOBER 24, 2016—Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a contract to build two 2,600 ton frigates with the Department of National Defense, Republic of the Philippines. The recent signing ceremony
JUNE 14, 2016—Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Invader class tug Monitor recently towed the 33-year-old, ex-USS Taylor (FFG-50) from Philadelphia Naval Shipyard to Detyens Shipyards in Charleston, SC, where the vessel will be converted in preparation for
FEBRUARY 25, 2016 — Bergen Group Services AS has been awarded a one-year extension of the contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for the ship technical maintenance of the Royal
DECEMBER 22, 2015 — Austal USA has been awarded a contract modification that adds$51,684,797 to its 10-ship $3.5 billion Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contract for the U.S. Navy. The shipbuilder says the
AUGUST 20, 2015 — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Aug. 19 that the next Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship will be named USS Oakland (LCS 24). According to a Congressional
AUGUST 5, 2015 – Rolls-Royce has signed a contract to supply the MT30 gas turbine packages for the first three Type 26 Global Combat Ships for the U.K. Royal Navy. The Type
APRIL 9, 2015 — At the recent Surface Navy Association National Symposium, the buzz phrase was “distributed lethality.” Rear Admiral Peter Fanta, the Navy’s director for Surface Warfare explained it this way: