Tag: LCS
Littoral Disaster: Navy Wants To Retire 10 Littoral Combat Ships According To Report
The Navy is looking to retire 10 more Littoral Combat Ships, the oldest of which is seven years old.
MQ-8C Fire Scout Is The Long-Range Eyes For Beleaguered Littoral Combat Ships
A Navy MQ-8C has deployed on its first operational deployment aboard a Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship.
Navy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller Ships
The new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure.
First Littoral Combat Ship With Fix To Plagued Combining Gear Delivered To Navy
The troubled Freedom-class ships could finally be one step closer to realizing some kind of normal operational tempo.
The First Littoral Combat Ship Has Been Decommissioned After Just 13 Years Of Service (Updated)
The Navy plans on retiring more Littoral Combat Ships in the coming months, long before their official design lives have expired.
Critical Fix Will Take Years To Reach All Navy Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ships
The problem-ridden ships face another hurdle as the Navy reveals that critical repairs to the ships’ propulsion systems are intensely complicated.
This Is The Navy’s Timeline For Ridding Itself Of Four More Littoral Combat Ships
The Navy wants to decommission another four LCS warships, the youngest of which has served for less than four years.
Navy Confirms It Wants To Ditch Its Very Young Mk VI Patrol Boats In New Budget Request
The Navy only took delivery of the last of its 12 Mk VI patrol boats in 2015 and now wants them gone by the end of next year.
Actionable Intel: Defense News Roundup For April 25th, 2021
From China commissioning three major naval vessels at once to the loss of Indonesia’s submarine, we roundup all of today’s military news so you don’t have to.