The U.S. Navy celebrated the commissioning of its 12th Independence-variant littoral combat ship with a private ceremony that took place Saturday in Oakland, California. The 421-foot-long, 3,200-ton USS Oakland (LCS 24), built by Austal USA, will join 11 other littoral combat ships at Naval Base San Diego, the military service said Saturday.

Austal USA broke ground on the site of a planned shipbuilding facility in Mobile, Alabama that will manufacture steel vessels for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. The steel shipbuilding facility, whose groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday, will add to Austal USA's aluminum construction operations and accommodate lean manufacturing processes, the company said Monday.

An Austal USA-led team has tested the U.S. Navy's 12th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel at sea, completing the last phase of the military shipbuilding project before delivery.

Austal USA christened the future USS Oakland littoral combat ship during a ceremony at the company's Mobile, Ala., shipbuilding site Saturday.

The U.S. Navy is expected to choose from among shipbuilding firms, including Austal USA and Fincantieri Marinette Marine, to construct up to 20 FFG(X) next-generation frigates by 2030, AL.com reported Sunday.

Austal USA is coordinating with the U.S. Navy on potential maintenance and lifecycle management services for the military branch's littoral combat ships, USNI News reported Monday.

Austal USA has secured a contract of an undisclosed value to construct two more Independence-variant littoral combat ships for the U.S. Navy. The service did not disclose the contract amount for industry competition reasons and reported the price of the new orders was under a $584M cost cap set by Congress per …

Austal USA will obtain long lead-time materials needed for the construction of the U.S. Navy‘s 14th Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel under a $40.4M contract. The company will also provide production engineering support as part of the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Defense Department said Monday. Work is scheduled to be completed by …

Austal USA conducted the christening for the future USNS Puerto Rico at its Mobile, Ala., shipbuilding site on Saturday. Austal said Saturday that Puerto Rico is the 11th expeditionary fast transport vessel slated for delivery to the U.S. Navy under a $1.9B contract to support the Military Sealift Command. The company …

Austal USA has secured a potential $57.9M contract to obtain long lead-time materials needed to build a 13th expeditionary fast transport vessel for the U.S. Navy. The company will also provide production engineering services for the shallow-draft EPF 13 watercraft intended to support intra-theater transport of military personnel and cargo, the Defense Department said …

Austal‘s U.S. subsidiary has delivered the USS Charleston littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy at a ceremony at the company's shipyard in Mobile, Ala. The delivery marks the third LCS shipment from Austal USA this year, the company said Friday. Charleston is the eighth ship of the Independence variant and 16th LCS slated to …

Austal USA has authenticated the keel of the 11th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala. EPF 11 or the future USNS Puerto Rico is set to enter construction following the ceremony, and will be the third U.S. Navy ship to carry the island’s name, Naval Sea Systems Command …

An expeditionary fast transport vessel Austal USA has built for the U.S. Navy completed acceptance trials Friday following a two-day evaluation conducted by the service branch's Board of Inspection and Survey in the Gulf of Mexico. INSURV assessed the readiness of USNS Burlington equipment and systems for both dockside and underway operations, the Naval Sea …

The future USS Charleston littoral combat ship completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico on July 19 and is now ready for delivery to the U.S. Navy this summer. The Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey assessed the Independence-variant LCS built by Austal USA during a series of in-port and underway demonstrations …

Austal USA has finished builder’s trials of a 10th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel the company has constructed for the U.S. Navy. The week-long test occurred at a shipyard in Mobile, Ala., and demonstrated the future USNS Burlington‘s (EPF 10) fire protection equipment, communication and navigational systems, ship propulsion, ride …