Austal USA launches LCS 8
AUGUST 7, 2014 — Austal USA’s Mobile, AL, shipyard yesterday launched the future USS Montgomery (LCS 8). The vessel is the second of ten 127-meter Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships that Austal is
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Rolls-Royce gets $9 million to repair one LCS engine
AUGUST 1, 2014 — Rolls Royce Marine North America, Walpole, MA, is being awarded a $9,000,000 firm-fixed-price repair order (N00104-09-G-A755) for the repair of one Marine Trent 30 marine gas turbine engine
BIW awarded $11.7 million for LCS 4 PSA planning
JUNE 15, 2014 — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded $11,715,565 for cost-plus-award-fee modification 0001 to the previously awarded order (N00024-13-G-2316) to provide engineering and management efforts in
Navy puts search for LCS alternative on fast track
MAY 1, 20014 — Plans to come up with a possible alternative to the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program took a step forward yesterday when the Navy put out to two
BIW gets two more Navy contracts
APRIL 23, 2014 — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME, has been awarded Navy contracts for fleet maintenance support and for LCS class design services. BIW was awarded a $28,716,385 delivery
Navy budget stresses new ships, but LCS numbers in doubt
FEBRUARY 25, 2014 — “Under the President’s budget plan, the Navy will launch an aggressive and ambitious effort to reduce acquisitions costs and maximize resources available to buy and build new ships,”
Keel laid for LCS 11
FEBRUARY 21, 2014 — The Navy and the Lockheed Martin-led LCS team held a keel laying ceremony Feb. 19, for the future USS Sioux City (LCS 11) at Fincantieri Marine Group’s Marinette
Third Austal LCS is a first in two ways
JANUARY 2, 2014 — Last month, Austal USA successfully completed the launch of the future USS Jackson (LCS 6). Though LCS 6 is the third Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship to be
MTU Series 8000 gets ABS NVR certification
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 — Tognum America Inc. reports that the MTU Series 8000 engine was recently awarded Naval Vessel Rules (NVR) certification by ABS. The MTU Series 8000 marine engine has recently
LCS 4 completes acceptance trials
AUGUST 28, 2013 — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) says that the future USS Coronado (LCS 4) successfully concluded acceptance trials August 23, after completing a series of graded in-port and underway