Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to the Navy Friday, the shipbuilder announced. Future ...

Austal USA says it has delivered the last Independence-Variant Littoral Combat Ship. Here is a press release from Austal USA: ​Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA delivered the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) to the ...

The ship, which cost nearly $600 million to build, is the last Independence-class LCS to be built for the Navy.

The Navy’s last Independence-class littoral combat ship successfully completed sea trials this month, a bittersweet milestone for a group of vessels that were once planned to be a bigger part of the ...

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) from Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, ...

The littoral combat ship program launched in the early 2000s when the United States military was focused on combating irregular warfare targets, with strategy aimed at counterinsurgency.

SEATTLE – The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) departed Naval Base San Diego June 23 ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, once envisioned as a multi-role, near-shore operational vessel, is now widely regarded as a mistake. -Persistent ...

The Royal Malaysian Navy’s second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) was officially named Raja Muda Nala and launched on July 3 ...

Indeed, as one 2010 Pentagon report found: the Littoral Combat Ship would not be able to survive in a hostile combat environment, yet is too large, and too expensive, to perform a scouting role.

Malaysia has launched its second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), named Raja Muda Nala, amid growing regional tensions and ...