Tag Archives: Littoral Combat Ship

Lockheed Martin has demonstrated key systems and features of the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the 11th littoral combat ship of the U.S. Navy's Freedom class, during acceptance trials held in Lake Michigan.

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.

Lockheed Martin has received a $20.7M contract from the U.S. Navy to fabricate, install and test integrated tactical trainer devices for Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ships.

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 and Fincantieri Marinette Marine have laid the keel of a new littoral combat ship to commence the vessel’s construction.

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.

General Dynamics' mission systems business has installed a naval strike missile on an Independence-class littoral combat ship to augment the vessel's defensive capabilities and mission readiness.

Mikros Systems has concluded the integration of a condition-based maintenance tool into a littoral combat ship used by the U.S. Navy.

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

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