Littoral Combat Ships

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program “stands at a crossroads,” as the service prepares to ask Congress

The U.S. Navy’s newest littoral combat ship USS Montgomery has had its hull cracked for a second time after hitting a lock wall during a transit of the

By Wes Goodman (Bloomberg) — The latest U.S. Littoral Combat Ship to arrive in Southeast Asia is combat ready, according to a senior Navy officer,

The U.S. Navy’s newest littoral combat ship USS Montgomery has suffered a crack in its aluminum hull after being hit by a tug as the ship sortied

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The Senate’s two top defense policy lawmakers want the U.S. Navy to make additional major changes to the

The U.S. Navy has released some amazing footage showing a recent shock trial on the littoral combat ship USS Jackson off the Florida coast. The Full Ship Shock

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — Confronted with equipment breakdowns and harried crews, the U.S. Navy is moving to simply and stabilize operations of its

The U.S. Navy Commander for Naval Surface Forces has ordered an engineering stand down for every LCS crew to review procedures and standards following the

The U.S. Navy is investigating a casualty to one of the main propulsion diesel engines (MPDE) on board the first littoral combat ship USS

Check out this video of the future littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) completing its acceptance trials earlier this month. The Detroit will be the fourth

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — Lockheed Martin Corp. is under orders from the U.S. Navy to correct quality control failures in building its version of

The U.S. Navy’s USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), the littoral combat ship sidelined in Singapore due to gear damage, will sail under its own power to San Diego

SEATTLE, March 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday defended the Pentagon’s decision to buy just 40 Littoral Combat Ships

The U.S. Navy’s San Diego-based littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) arrived at the BAE shipyard in Mayport, Florida earlier this week to complete

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — Two top senators on defense issues say U.S. Navy leaders should consider delaying deployment of the new Littoral Combat

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship struggled in drills at sea to fend off a swarm of small attacking vessels like the

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — A U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship is sidelined in port in Singapore because of damage to gears that propel the vessel,

The U.S. Navy’s newest littoral combat ship had to be towed into port last week after losing propulsion off the coast of Virginia.   A

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Navy’s new Littoral Combat Ship would be ineffective at hunting for mines because an underwater drone made by

  By Tony Capaccio and Madeline McMahon (Bloomberg) — The Pentagon has notified Congress of a planned sale to Saudi Arabia of as many as four