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 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program was intended to usher in a new type of lightweight, affordable ship for the U.S. Navy that could operate in shallow waters and combat small-scale threats. We ...

The US Navy commissioned the last of its 35 littoral combat ships, the USS Cleveland, earlier this month at a pier in its namesake city.

The U.S. Navy’s ambitious Littoral Combat Ship program promised a new era of fast, modular warships built to dominate the ...

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship Savannah conducts routine underway operations in the South China Sea, Dec. 6, 2024. (Naval Air Crewman Second Class John Rabbat/Navy) Shipbuilder Austal ...

The Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), or frigates (FF) as future variants of the LCS will be called, have been a ripe subject for hyperbole and strawmen in contemporary debates over military acquisition ...

June 11, 2026: Last month the American Navy has commissioned USS Cleveland/LCS 31, the last of 35 LCS/Littoral Combat Ships ships. Two years ago, the Navy decided to reverse its plan to quickly ...

Rising Tides is an opinion column about Mobile. Today’s guest columnist is Larry Ryder. Twenty years ago, Austal USA started construction of its first Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship, the USS ...

(CNN) — The US Navy commissioned the last of its 35 littoral combat ships, the USS Cleveland, earlier this month at a pier in its namesake Ohio city. “Steel. Strength. Power,” acting Secretary of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of ...