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Inside the US Navy's $500 Million Littoral Combat Ship
Two black boxes have been recovered from the jet involved in the D.C. plane crash. NBC News’ Jay Blackman reports on the possible analysis NTSB will go through once they get the boxes. RFK Jr: I've ...
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 ...
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AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles Fielded Onboard U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships for C-UAS Defense
The U.S. Navy rapidly added new C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aerial System) capabilities to the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships in the form ... Burke-class destroyer model, apparently again in ...
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Disparaged, discontinued...and indispensable? Littoral combat ships take on real-world ops
The Navy may have capped its fleet of much-anticipated—and much-maligned—littoral combat ships at 28 for now, but their commanders haven’t stopped trying to squeeze every last ounce of ...
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The Navy wants to ditch 4 of its ‘little crappy ships’ more than a decade early
In the latest sign that the Navy seems to have finally given up on the issue-plagued 'little crappy ships,' the service reportedly plans on decommissioning its first four littoral combat ship in ...
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An Embarrassing Chapter in American Seapower Acquisition Nears Its End
This category — the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) group — is composed of two distinct designs: the LCS-1 Freedom class, a steel monohull, and the LCS-2 Independence class, an aluminum trimaran ...