Page 2 - Eric Dent News Today

The saga of the littoral combat ships is a vivid illustration of how Congress, the Pentagon and defense contractors can work in concert — and often against the good of the taxpayers and America’s security — to spawn the “military industrial complex.”

Littoral combat ships were supposed to launch the Navy into the future. Instead they broke down across the globe and many of their weapons never worked. Now the Navy is getting rid of them. One is less than five years old.

A ProPublica examination reveals new details on why the LCS never delivered on its promises.

Marines need a little more time outside of the gym? That's what these NCOs say.

The team was publicly ostracized by senior military officials who initially accused the Marines of killing civilians during an ambush in Afghanistan in 2007.

This post has been updated with a statement from Lockheed Martin. The Wisconsin shipyard that builds the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship and the Constellation-class guided-missile frigate suffered a ransomware attack last week that delayed production across the shipyard, USNI News has learned. Fincantieri Marinette Marine experienced the attack in the early morning hours […]

In a hyper-competitive professional environment, Marines who break the rules face major consequences

Navantia has successfully completed the critical design review (CDR) for the Spanish Navy's new F-110 frigate programme. An artist's rendering of the F-110 frigate design. Announcing the milestone on 24 June, Navantia said this signified tha...

Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) is set to start building the first Constellation-class guided-missile frigate (FFG 62) close to the scheduled construction-start time, programme sources confirmed. FMM and US Navy (USN) sources say work wil...

The $30 million shipyards repair and a new dry dock will result in more than 300 jobs.