Tag Archives: Joe DePietro

The U.S. Navy has received delivery of the St. Louis Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, a joint project between Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine.

A Lockheed Martin-led team has concluded acceptance trials of a new Freedom-variant littoral combat ship.

The U.S. Navy has placed a Lockheed Martin-built littoral combat ship, called USS Indianapolis, in active service.  Indianapolis, or LCS 17, is the service branch's ninth Freedom-class vessel.

A Lockheed Martin-led team has completed acceptance testing of the ninth Freedom-variant littoral combat ship in Lake Michigan in preparation for the ship's delivery this year.

The U.S. Navy is working with contractors Lockheed Martin and Austal USA to identify the next set of upgrades to the service’s fleet of littoral combat ships, USNI News reported Tuesday.

Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette took part in the keel laying ceremony of the 25th designated littoral combat ship in the city serving as the vessel's namesake, marking the start of construction. The future USS Marinette keel plate now contains the initials of Jennifer Granholm, former Michigan governor and the ship's sponsor, Lockheed said Wednesday.

The U.S. Navy aims to equip its littoral combat ships with new over-the-horizon anti-ship missiles in an effort to improve lethality and survivability, Military.com reported Wednesday.

The seventh Freedom-variant littoral combat ship constructed by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team has entered into active service with the U.S. Navy.

A Lockheed Martin-led industry team launched the U.S. Navy‘s 19th littoral combat ship into the Menominee River in Wisconsin during a ceremony held Saturday. Barbara Broadhurst Taylor, the ship’s sponsor and daughter of a decorated pilot during World War II, led the USS St. Louis christening at a Fincantieri Marinette Marine-owned …

A Lockheed Martin-led industry group has wrapped up a series of acceptance trials of the U.S. Navy‘s eighth Freedom-variant littoral combat ship in Lake Michigan. USS Billings (LCS-15) underwent maneuverability tests and demonstrations of the ship’s combat systems against surface and aerial threats as well as aviation support and small boat launch-and-recovery …

Lockheed Martin is modernizing littoral combat ships of the U.S. Navy, National Defense Magazine reported Friday. Joe DePietro, vice president of small combatants and ship systems at Lockheed, said Thursday prior to the commissioning of the USS Sioux City on Monday, that the LCS modernization seeks to increase the ships’ firepower and survivability. …

Lockheed Martin looks to develop a new propulsion system that is different from the one used in littoral combat ships for the company’s guided-missile frigate offering to the U.S. Navy, Defense News reported Tuesday. The report said Lockheed is examining combined diesel and gas or combined diesel and diesel engine designs in …

Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine have delivered two Freedom-class littoral combat ships to the U.S. Navy. The USS Sioux City and USS Wichita vessels will be based at Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Fla., and commissioned in late 2018, Lockheed said Thursday. LCS 11 and 13 will join the …

The U.S. Navy has concluded acceptance trials of its seventh Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS Wichita (LCS 13), built by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team. Joe DePietro, vice president of small combatants and ship systems at Lockheed, said in a statement released Friday the completion of trials marked a …

Lockheed Martin and MBDA have wrapped up qualification tests of the latter’s Common Anti-air Modular Missile from Lockheed’s Extensible Launching System three-cell standalone launcher. MBDA said Thursday the ExLS launcher works to integrate new missiles and munitions into naval surface warships that are equipped with Lockheed’s Mk 41 vertical launching system. The 3-cell ExLS is …