The U.S. Navy has decided to delay by a year until fiscal 2020 the awarding of a design and construction contract for a planned new frigate, according to congressional testimony on Wednesday by two ...

September 28, 2023: It came as no surprise when the U.S. Navy recently made it official that its ambitious but poorly implemented "Littoral Combat Ship" (LCS) program will be eliminated. This comes ...

Thursday responding to a congressman who had been critical of the fledgling program. U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., sent Mabus a letter last week, asking the Navy to undertake a full review of the ...

As the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1) USS Freedom works its way through deployment exercises in the Asia-Pacific, a recent U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) report underscores the ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Aspiring educators in Lynchburg now have more opportunities than ever to become licensed teachers, LCS said. LCS said this is in thanks to the new Lynchburg City Schools (LCS) ...

Both LCS designs were supposed to be for ships displacing 2,500 tons, with a full load draft of under 3.3 meters (ten feet), permitting access to very shallow "green" and even "brown" coastal and ...

THE PENTAGON — While no program is guaranteed protection during these days of fiscal austerity, the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) acquisition plans are as safe as any other from substantial ...

The Navy has awarded a contract worth up to $169 million over five years to Computer Sciences Corp. to furnish an array of support services to the Littoral Combat Ship Program Office. Under the ...

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon announced a military cut plan Monday that could greatly impact some workers in our area.Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel advised the Navy to buy 32 littoral combat ships, ...

Freedom-class LCS St. Louis (LCS-19), left, in Marinette, Wisc., on Dec. 15, 2018, as Billings (LCS-15) is under construction and preparing for commissioning. US Navy Photo The Navy is ready to sunset ...

The Independence-class LCS Gabrielle Giffords operates in the South China Sea on July 1, 2020. The U.S. Navy's top officer is leading an effort to increase the deployments for the small surface ...