SM-6 Missile Fired From Littoral Combat Ship
A containerized launcher able to fire SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles offers Littoral Combat Ships and other Navy vessels a major firepower boost.
Source: yahoo.com
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Textron Systems awarded UAS contract by U.S. Navy
Textron Systems Corporation announced that it has been awarded an initial contract valued at up to $19.5M by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command to provide UAS operational support to two Independence Class LCS and one Freedom Class LCS variants
Source: uasmagazine.com
LCS: The USA's Littoral Combat Ships
Austal Team Trimaran LCS Design (click to enlarge)Exploit simplicity, numbers, the pace of technology development in electronics and robotics, and fast reconfiguration. That was the US Navy's idea for the low-end backbone of its future surface combatant fleet. Inspired by successful
Source: defenseindustrydaily.com
US Navy commissions Independence class LCS USS Santa Barbara
US Navy commissioned the future USS Santa Barbara as the newest Independence-variant LCS during a ceremony in Port Hueneme, Calif.
Source: navyrecognition.com
The littoral combat ship's latest problem: Class-wide structural defects leading to hull cracks
The troubling revelations about the Independence-class littoral combat ships come as the Navy continues to grapple with a class-wide transmission issue in the Freedom-class variants.
Source: navytimes.com