Engineering stand down, retraining for LCS crews

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 — Following the recent engineering casualty on the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), Commander, Naval Surface Forces, Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, ordered an engineering stand down for

Navy investigates LCS 1 main propulsion diesel casualty

AUGUST 29, 2016 — Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP) is investigating a July 11 incident in which the Navy’s first littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) experienced a

Navy accepts delivery of LCS 7

AUGUST 16, 2016 —The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Detroit (LCS 7) in a ceremony at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard, Aug. 12. Detroit is the eighth littoral combat ship

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

Austal-built LCS 6 completes shock trials

JULY 20, 2016 —Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) reports that the Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) has successfully completed Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) off the coast of

Lockheed Martin team lays keel for LCS 17

JULY 19, 2016 —The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led industry team yesterday officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s 17th Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Indianapolis, in a ceremony at

Lockheed Martin awarded $10.6 million for LCS 5 PSA

JULY 11, 2016 — Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Training, Baltimore, MD, is being awarded $10,676,521 for cost-plus-award-fee order ER06 against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00024-15-G-2303) to provide engineering and

Shock test prep costs put dent in Austal profits

JULY 5, 2016 — The good news from Austal is that there have been “favorable preliminary results” from the three Full Scale Shock Trials of LCS 6 — the first aluminum trimaran

LCS 8 completes acceptance trials

MAY 16, 2016 — Austal USA reports that Littoral Combat Ship Montgomery (LCS 8), the fourth Independence-variant LCS built at its Mobile, AL, shipyard, successfully completed its acceptance trials May 6, 2016,

LCS to be fitted with Kongsberg strike missile system

MAY 6, 2016 — A deployed U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship is to be fitted with a Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) system for a Phase II testing of the long range

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