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 ...

The U.S. Navy rapidly added new C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aerial System) capabilities to the Freedom-class Littoral Combat ...

Despite their capabilities, the class was retired as the Navy invested in the less successful Littoral Combat Ships. The Oliver ... when the last model of this class was decommissioned.

(File photo courtesy of the company) President Trump’s policies that have rattled stocks around the world are benefiting Australian shipbuilder Austal, which makes the littoral combat ships ...