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 ...
Defense One24d
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 ...
The Aviationist18d
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 of Longbow Hellfire missiles. The U.S. Navy has ...
Daily Express US on MSN4mon
US warships under attack in Red Sea as 'barrage' of Houthi missiles rain down
Last month, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed US warships would be deployed to the Middle East to support Israel ...
Task & Purpose5y
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 ...
National Review1y
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 ...
Barron's24d
Iran Unveils Spy Ship During Major War Games: State Media
"The country's first signals intelligence ship, named Zagros, is added to the Navy's combat operations," state ... increased enrichment activity has put Iran's nuclear programme under close ...
USNI25d
Marines to Add Self-Driving Tech to Anti-Ship Missile Launchers
Marine Corps Pfc. Christian Renklema, a native of Georgia and an artillery cannoneer with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, operates the Navy Marine ...