Three former Austal USA execs face DOJ and SEC charges
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that a federal grand jury returned an indictment on March 30 charging three men with orchestrating an accounting fraud scheme at Austal USA LLC, a wholly
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Navy accepts delivery of LCS 25
PEO ships reports that the Navy has now accepted delivery of the future USS Marinette (LCS 25) from Lockheed Martin at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wis. The ship is
LCS 28 completes acceptance trials
Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) reports that the future USS Savannah (LCS 28) has successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico. LCS 28 is the 14th Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) built
Ingalls awarded $108 million for LCS planning yard services
Huntington-Ingalls Industries – Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded a $107,976,103 modification to a previously-awarded Navy contract to exercise options for the accomplishment of the planning yard services for the littoral
Lockheed Martin wins $1.95 billion Saudi MMSC order
Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Md., has been awarded a $1,955,776,266 fixed-price-incentive firm target modification to a previously awarded contract for the detail design and construction of four Multi Mission Surface Combatant ships
VIDEO: LCS 19 completes Acceptance Trials
Lockheed Martin reports that Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 19, the future USS St. Louis, has completed Acceptance Trials in Lake Michigan. Now that trials are complete, the ship will undergo final outfitting
Austal gets $8 million more for LCS 24 work
Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, has been awarded a $7,993,893 modification to a previously awarded contract for littoral combat ships (LCS) industrial post-delivery availability (IPDA) support for LCS 24. This contract modification is
LCS Commander removed after hitting moored bulker
Cmdr. Michael Johnson has been removed from command of the yet-to-be commissioned LCS-15, the future USS Billings, after the ship hit the moored bulk carrier Rosaire Desgagnés when leaving its berth in
VIDEO: Fincantieri Marinette Marine launches LCS 21
The future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) splashed into the Menominee River today in a spectacular side launch at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine Shipyard, Marinette, Wis. Ship sponsor Jodi J. Greene, Deputy
Navy shipbuilding budget request includes large unmanned surface vessels
The Navy’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget request of $205.6 billion is an increase of $9.5 billion (4.6%) from the FY19 enacted budget, According to the Navy’s Budget Highlights book, ship depot maintenance