Lockheed Martin and its industry partners has launched the latest littoral combat ship for the U.S. Navy at the Marinette Marine shipyard along the Menominee River in Wisconsin. Lockheed said Saturday Barbara Levin, wife of Sen. Carl Levin, led the christening ceremony for LCS 7 or the future USS Detroit as the ship’s sponsor. Dale Bennett, executive vice president […] More

Austal USA has wrapped up the acceptance trials for the future USS Augusta (LCS 34) and handed over the 17th Independence-variant littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy.  Following the delivery, the pre-commissioning unit of the vessel will prepare for integration into the naval fleet, the Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilding company said Friday.  Rusty Murdaugh, president of Austal USA, commented […] More

Lockheed Martin handed over to the U.S. Navy the future USS Cooperstown littoral combat ship on Sept. 20, bringing the total deliveries of Freedom-class LCS to the service branch to 12 overall and four for the fiscal year 2022. The Naval Sea Systems Command said Friday LCS 23, which honors the Village of Cooperstown in Otsego […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business has secured a $79.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide design, integrated data and product model environment support for littoral combat ships. Work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price and cost-only modification will run through October 2022, the Department of Defense said Monday. The award modifies an […] More

L3 Technologies has been selected to produce a new communications data-link system for three future U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships to receive imagery from multiple aircraft platforms simultaneously, Defense News reported Friday. The report said L3 will provide Maritime Surface Terminals for installation aboard the Independence-class Mobile and Savannah vessels and the Freedom-class Marinette ship. John Van Brabant, […] More