来自MSN13 天
US Navy’s USS Indianapolis LCS gets C-UAS capability
The programme upgraded the SSMM's software and hardware in 2024 to enhance the ship's defence during deployment.
Interesting Engineering on MSN6 个月
LCS 27: US Navy inducts fast, agile, shallow-draft, networked surface ship
Amid China’s boosting of its maritime presence, the US Navy has received its 14th Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), ...
Jane's Information Group10 天
Surface Navy 2025: LCS USS Indianapolis gets outfitted with C-UAS capabilities
USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) has been outfitted with counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) capabilities, the US Navy ...
The Navy is upgrading littoral combat ships to fight drones
The USS Indianapolis is the first Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be modified to fire Hellfire missiles meant to take ...
The Diplomat9 年
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
Two U.S. senators think that the US Navy is overstating the capabilities of the Littoral Combat Ship. However, no decision on what new missile system to purchase has been made yet, according to a ...
Defense One19 天
Disparaged, discontinued...and indispensable? Littoral combat ships take on real-world ops
“LCS is ideally suited for this type of interdiction operation,” Haney said. But while the Navy has been putting its young LCS fleet to work, its future is still uncertain. Like a number of ...
The Diplomat7 年
Freedom-class LCS
It is only the second time in the U.S. Navy’s history that a warship will be named after a living woman. The U.S. Navy is slated to commission its new supercarrier this year, along with six ...
Autoblog10 年
What went wrong with the Navy's LCS program?
Alongside the F-35 Lightning II fighter, there's hardly a single military program that has been subject to as much criticism as the US ... the LCS program at its core, and discuss why the Navy ...
Autoblog9 年
Navy quick to implement lessons learned on first LCS tour
After a troubled first tour of its Freedom-class ship, the Navy's third LCS is using its lead ship's experiences as it sails the waters of SE Asia. Four days after its six-week, trans-Pacific ...
Business Insider9 年
USS Sioux City (LCS 11) is the Navy's new ship
The US Navy just welcomed the USS Sioux City (LCS 11) to its fleet. The 387-foot combat warship was released into the Menominee River in Wisconsin on January 30, 2016. Produced by Emma Fierberg ...
Forbes1 年
Massive Fraud Allegations At Austal Roil U.S. Naval Shipbuilding Community
The LCS “block-buy” bid was one of the first bids for Navy work the shipbuilder developed independently. In the bid for LCS work, Austal underestimated design requirements, needing to ...
Business Insider4 年
The Navy's problems keep growing as it takes a leading role against Russia and China
Like the LCS, the USS Zumwalt was abandoned because ... Part of the answer to this strategic problem rests of the capacity of the US Navy on the high seas to operate at all levels of conflict ...