Featured in LCSBYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022ShareThe Navy’s Independence Class Littoral Combat Ships Are CrackingJust when you thought things couldn’t get worse for the Littoral Combat Ship program, the Independence class is experiencing cracking. BYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 23, 2022ShareLittoral Disaster: Navy Wants To Retire 10 Littoral Combat Ships According To ReportThe oldest Littoral Combat Ship on the chopping block is just seven years old. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 23, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJan 25, 2022ShareMQ-8C Fire Scout Is The Long-Range Eyes For Beleaguered Littoral Combat ShipsThe over-the-horizon targeting capabilities of the MQ-8C will help the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships finally achieve a robust strike capability. BYBrett TingleyJan 25, 2022ShareBYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareNavy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller ShipsThe new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareBYBrian O'RourkeNov 19, 2021ShareFirst Littoral Combat Ship With Fix To Plagued Combining Gear Delivered To NavyThe troubled Freedom-class ships could finally be one step closer to realizing some kind of normal operational tempo. BYBrian O'RourkeNov 19, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickOct 1, 2021ShareThe 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. BYThomas NewdickOct 1, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyAug 3, 2021ShareCritical Fix Will Take Years To Reach All Navy Freedom Class Littoral Combat ShipsThe problem-ridden vessels face another hurdle as the Navy admits that a critical design fix to the ships’ propulsion system is intensely complicated. BYBrett TingleyAug 3, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJul 12, 2021ShareThis Is The Navy’s Timeline For Ridding Itself Of Four More Littoral Combat ShipsThe Navy wants to decommission another four LCS warships, the youngest of which has served for less than four years. BYThomas NewdickJul 12, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 28, 2021ShareNavy Confirms It Wants To Ditch Its Very Young Mk VI Patrol Boats In New Budget RequestThe 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. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 28, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 11, 2021ShareThe Navy Has Dozens More MH-60R Helicopters Than It Needs Due To LCS DebacleThe service blew over a billion dollars on choppers it might never have a use for and is spending even more to keep them sitting in storage. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 11, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 25, 2021ShareActionable Intel: Defense News Roundup For April 25th, 2021From 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. BYTyler RogowayApr 25, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickApr 23, 2021ShareThis Tiny Drone Boat Is Being Tested During The Navy’s Big Manned-Unmanned Teaming ExperimentThe micro-drone boat has been seen operating alongside warships as a part of large-scale maneuvers combining manned and unmanned vessels. BYThomas NewdickApr 23, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 20, 2021ShareHuge Navy Unmanned-Focused Experiment Underway Featuring Live Missile Shoot And ‘Super Swarms’The Navy has kicked off a first-of-its-kind drill off the coast of California that will incorporate various highly-networked unmanned capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 20, 2021ShareBYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayApr 12, 2021ShareNavy’s ‘Cheap’ Littoral Combat Ships Cost Nearly As Much To Run As Guided Missile DestroyersThe Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships continue to make waves, now due to their comparatively astronomical operating costs. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayApr 12, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJan 19, 2021ShareNo More Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ships For The Navy Until Major Design Defect Is FixedEnduring problems with the drive train of the Freedom class warships means that deliveries are suspended pending a workable solution. BYThomas NewdickJan 19, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 29, 2020ShareNavy Boss Talks ‘Joint Strike Frigate’ Concept After Calls To Build Four Frigates A YearThe Navy’s new frigate could be among the most realistic ways of getting anywhere close to realizing the service’s huge fleet ambitions. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 29, 2020Share12
BYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022ShareThe Navy’s Independence Class Littoral Combat Ships Are CrackingJust when you thought things couldn’t get worse for the Littoral Combat Ship program, the Independence class is experiencing cracking. BYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 23, 2022ShareLittoral Disaster: Navy Wants To Retire 10 Littoral Combat Ships According To ReportThe oldest Littoral Combat Ship on the chopping block is just seven years old. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 23, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 25, 2022ShareMQ-8C Fire Scout Is The Long-Range Eyes For Beleaguered Littoral Combat ShipsThe over-the-horizon targeting capabilities of the MQ-8C will help the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships finally achieve a robust strike capability. BYBrett TingleyJan 25, 2022Share
BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareNavy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller ShipsThe new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022Share
BYBrian O'RourkeNov 19, 2021ShareFirst Littoral Combat Ship With Fix To Plagued Combining Gear Delivered To NavyThe troubled Freedom-class ships could finally be one step closer to realizing some kind of normal operational tempo. BYBrian O'RourkeNov 19, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickOct 1, 2021ShareThe 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. BYThomas NewdickOct 1, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyAug 3, 2021ShareCritical Fix Will Take Years To Reach All Navy Freedom Class Littoral Combat ShipsThe problem-ridden vessels face another hurdle as the Navy admits that a critical design fix to the ships’ propulsion system is intensely complicated. BYBrett TingleyAug 3, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJul 12, 2021ShareThis Is The Navy’s Timeline For Ridding Itself Of Four More Littoral Combat ShipsThe Navy wants to decommission another four LCS warships, the youngest of which has served for less than four years. BYThomas NewdickJul 12, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 28, 2021ShareNavy Confirms It Wants To Ditch Its Very Young Mk VI Patrol Boats In New Budget RequestThe 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. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 28, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 11, 2021ShareThe Navy Has Dozens More MH-60R Helicopters Than It Needs Due To LCS DebacleThe service blew over a billion dollars on choppers it might never have a use for and is spending even more to keep them sitting in storage. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 11, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 25, 2021ShareActionable Intel: Defense News Roundup For April 25th, 2021From 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. BYTyler RogowayApr 25, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickApr 23, 2021ShareThis Tiny Drone Boat Is Being Tested During The Navy’s Big Manned-Unmanned Teaming ExperimentThe micro-drone boat has been seen operating alongside warships as a part of large-scale maneuvers combining manned and unmanned vessels. BYThomas NewdickApr 23, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 20, 2021ShareHuge Navy Unmanned-Focused Experiment Underway Featuring Live Missile Shoot And ‘Super Swarms’The Navy has kicked off a first-of-its-kind drill off the coast of California that will incorporate various highly-networked unmanned capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 20, 2021Share
BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayApr 12, 2021ShareNavy’s ‘Cheap’ Littoral Combat Ships Cost Nearly As Much To Run As Guided Missile DestroyersThe Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships continue to make waves, now due to their comparatively astronomical operating costs. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayApr 12, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJan 19, 2021ShareNo More Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ships For The Navy Until Major Design Defect Is FixedEnduring problems with the drive train of the Freedom class warships means that deliveries are suspended pending a workable solution. BYThomas NewdickJan 19, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 29, 2020ShareNavy Boss Talks ‘Joint Strike Frigate’ Concept After Calls To Build Four Frigates A YearThe Navy’s new frigate could be among the most realistic ways of getting anywhere close to realizing the service’s huge fleet ambitions. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 29, 2020Share
