Austal wins $584 million LCS 28 contract
JUNE 26, 2017 — Austal (ASX:ASB) reports that it has won a contract worth up to $584 million to build the Independence Class Littoral Combat Ship LCS 28 for the United States
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Administration in apparent U-turn on LCS budget request
MAY 26, 2017 — The Trump Administration has reportedly done a U-turn on its decision to include just one Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in the FY 2018 Navy shipbuilding budget. House Armed
LCS 12 completes acceptance trials
MAY 23, 2017 — Naval Sea Systems Command reports that the Navy’s future USS Omaha (LCS 12) successfully conducted its acceptance trials May 12 after completing a series of graded in-port and
VIDEO: Navy slows pace of frigate acquisition
MAY 4, 2017 — The Navy has slowed its frigate procurement timeline, and is now planning to awarding a detail design and construction contract in Fiscal Year 2020. In joint written testimony
Austal USA hands over Expeditionary Fast Transport
APRIL 22, 2017—At one of the largest aluminium vessel construction facilities in the world, Austal USA continues to roll out high-speed, multi-hull vessels for the U.S. Navy from its massive shipyard in
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
Austal gets $36.6 million mod to LCS contract
MARCH 20, 2017 —Austal USA LLC, Mobile, AL, is being awarded a $36,608,865 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-11-C-2301 to exercise options for the accomplishment of Littoral Combat Ship core class
Austal gets $7.8 million mod to LCS contract
DECEMBER 15, 2015 — Shipbuilder Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Alabama, is being awarded a $7,800,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise options for core Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
LCS: Senate panel hears contrasting views
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
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