General Dynamics' mission systems business has landed a $42.6M contract modification to continue sustaining integrated combat management systems and associated platforms used by the U.S. Navy's littoral combat ships.
Read More »Lockheed Wraps Up Acceptance Trials for Navy’s 11th Freedom-Variant LCS
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.
Read More »General Dynamics Unit Gets LCS Combat Mgmt Suite Support Contract
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.
Read More »Fincantieri CEO Giuseppe Bono on Navy FFG(X) Frigate Contract
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.
Read More »Fairbanks Morse to Supply Diesel Engines for USS Cleveland Under Lockheed Purchase Order
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.
Read More »Raytheon’s Kim Ernzen on Naval Strike Missile
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.
Read More »Textron Eyes Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Marines’ Logistics Drone Program; Wayne Prender Quoted
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.
Read More »Northrop Tests New Payload for Mine-Hunting Sonar
Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the unmanned use of its mine-hunting sonar with a new deploy and retrieval payload.
Read More »Lockheed to Provide Tactical Trainer Devices for Navy’s Freedom-Class LCS
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.
Read More »Lockheed-Built Indianapolis Littoral Combat Ship Joins Navy Fleet
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.
Read More »Lockheed, Fincantieri Start Construction of Future USS Nantucket
Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine have laid the keel of a new littoral combat ship to commence the vessel’s construction.
Read More »Lockheed Gets $76M Contract Modification for Navy LCS Class Services
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.
Read More »General Dynamics Installs Naval Strike Missile Aboard LCS 10
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.
Read More »Mikros Systems Completes Condition-Based Maintenance Tech Installation on Navy LCS
Mikros Systems has concluded the integration of a condition-based maintenance tool into a littoral combat ship used by the U.S. Navy.
Read More »Navy Commissions 15th Littoral Combat Ship
A littoral combat ship manufactured by a Lockheed Martin-led team, has entered into active service with the U.S. Navy.
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