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  • Rolls-Royce Books $67M Navy IDIQ for Maintenance of LCS Engines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce Books $67M Navy IDIQ for Maintenance of LCS Engines

    Rolls-Royce has received a $66.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to sustain a critical component of the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-class littoral combat ships. The company’s Marine North America business will specifically provide engineering and technical support for the MT30 gas turbine engines of the naval fleet, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Contract work will be determined and defined […] More

  • Mikros Systems Completes Installation of Maintenance Analytics for U.S. Navy LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mikros Systems Completes Installation of Maintenance Analytics for U.S. Navy LCS

    Mikros Systems has finished the second installation and test of a maintenance analysis technology on a littoral combat ship of the U.S. Navy. The company said Monday the integration of its AN/SYM-3 system into the USS Freedom (LCS 1) finalizes the initial installation for all LCS variants. Work included the installation of an on-shore model-based […] More

  • Rolls-Royce Wins Lockheed Freedom LCS Team's Supplier of the Year Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce Wins Lockheed Freedom LCS Team’s Supplier of the Year Award

    Rolls-Royce has received a supplier of the year award from a Lockheed Martin-led industry team contracted to build Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ships for the U.S. Navy. Lockheed said Wednesday that Rolls-Royce was given recognition during the 30th annual Surface Navy Association National Symposium held Tuesday. Rolls-Royce produces the MT30 gas turbines and Mk1 waterjets for the Freedom-variant LCS’ combined diesel and […] More

  • Navy Commissions Lockheed-Built USS Little Rock Littoral Combat Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Commissions Lockheed-Built USS Little Rock Littoral Combat Ship

    A littoral combat ship that Lockheed Martin developed with partner Fincantieri Marinette Marine has entered into active service with the U.S. Navy. The Navy conducted the commissioning ceremony for the USS Little Rock vessel designated LCS 9 on the Buffalo River in New York, Lockheed said Saturday. The ship, which was the second to be named after the […] More

  • Austal USA-Built Giffords Littoral Combat Ship Completes Maiden Voyage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA-Built Giffords Littoral Combat Ship Completes Maiden Voyage

    An Independence-variant littoral combat ship built by Austal USA for the U.S. Navy has completed a maiden voyage from Mobile, Alabama, to a naval base in San Diego, California. USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) underwent combat ship qualification trials, crew certification training and scheduled equipment and system checks during the vessel’s expedition, the Navy said Thursday. Austal USA […] More

  • Lockheed Team-Built LCS 7 Completes Ship Qualification Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Team-Built LCS 7 Completes Ship Qualification Tests

    A Freedom-class U.S. Navy littoral combat ship built by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team has completed a series of combat system ship qualification trials that evaluated the vessel’s capacity to track and disable maneuvering surface targets. The service branch said Friday LCS Crew 103 tested the USS Detroit‘s combat systems suite that includes a 57mm gun designed to target fast […] More

  • Navy Commissions 7th LCS Ship, 4th Lockheed Team-Built Freedom Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Commissions 7th LCS Ship, 4th Lockheed Team-Built Freedom Variant

    The U.S. Navy has commissioned and assigned to active service its seventh littoral combat ship overall and fourth LCS vessel constructed by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team. Lockheed said Saturday the USS Detroit Freedom-class LCS will join the fleet with similar variants USS Fort Worth, USS Milwaukee and USS Freedom. USS Detroit completed its acceptance trials in July and is the […] More

  • Report: Navy Eyes Boeing, Kongsberg OTH Missiles for Future LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Navy Eyes Boeing, Kongsberg OTH Missiles for Future LCS

    The U.S. Navy plans to install either Boeing‘s Harpoon or Kongsberg‘s Naval Strike Missile on future littoral combat ships in efforts to boost their lethality with an over-the-horizon surface-to-surface missile, Defense News reported Sunday. Christopher Cavas writes that a Sept. 17 directive from Rear Adm. Pete Fanta, director of surface warfare, sought OTH missiles on both the USS Freedom and […] More

  • Navy Capt. Scott Pratt: USS Freedom to Undergo Dry Dock Maintenance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Capt. Scott Pratt: USS Freedom to Undergo Dry Dock Maintenance

    The U.S. Navy has maneuvered its USS Freedom littoral combat ship into a dry dock to undergo system repairs and modifications, DoD Buzz reported Wednesday. Kris Osborn writes Capt. Scott Pratt, Navy program manager for LCS fleet introduction and sustainment, told Military.com that maintenance work on the Lockheed Martin-built USS Freedom is due to last […] More