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General Dynamics’ mission systems business secured a potential four-year, $40.3M prime contract to provide software support services to combat management systems installed in Independence-class littoral combat ships.

Fincantieri CEO Giuseppe Bono told Defense News in an interview published Monday that offering an operational ship with anti-submarine capability is one of the reasons why the company’s Wisconsin-based subsidiary won the U.S. Navy’s FFG(X) frigate design and construction contract.

Fairbanks Morse has secured a purchase order of an undisclosed sum from Lockheed Martin to manufacture two main propulsion diesel engines for a U.S. Navy Freedom-class littoral combat ship.

Kim Ernzen, vice president for air warfare systems product line at Raytheon, told Breaking Defense in an interview published Thursday that the company is developing a supply chain and a system to produce the Naval Strike Missile in the U.S. to create jobs in several states.

Textron Systems believes the common unmanned surface vehicle could help meet the need of the U.S. Marine Corps for a long-range unmanned surface vessel designed to resupply troops deployed in the Pacific, Defense News reported Wednesday.

Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the unmanned use of its mine-hunting sonar with a new deploy and retrieval payload.

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.

Lockheed Martin's rotary and mission systems business has secured a one-year, $75.7M contract modification for class services to the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship program. The service branch exercised options for the company to accomplish design, planning and material support for LCS construction efforts, the Department of Defense said Friday.

A littoral combat ship manufactured by a Lockheed Martin-led team, has entered into active service with the U.S. Navy.

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.

A Lockheed Martin-led industry team has launched a new Freedom-variant littoral combat ship into Menominee River following the vessel’s christening at Fincantieri Marinette Marine's shipyard.

Raytheon has received a $7M contract modification to manufacture, assemble and test airborne mine neutralization systems designed to help the U.S. Navy counter moored and bottom mines.

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.

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.

Saab has secured a new order to supply additional radar systems for the U.S. Navy’s two Independence-class littoral combat ships. The company said Monday General Dynamics placed the order for the AN/SPS-77 variant of Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar for installation aboard the Navy’s LCS 36 and LCS 38 ships.