The fastest U.S. Navy ship still in service is the Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS). Officially, it's "40+ knots," ...

One of the U.S. Navy’s newest Freedom variant littoral combat ships (LCS) completed its final significant milestone before its scheduled summer delivery with the conclusion of acceptance trials ...

That is until recently; the LCS has now become an enormous sunk cost. The Navy is decommissioning nine of 35 littoral combat ships in the next few years, alongside the five already abandoned.

The U.S. Navy announced it has accepted delivery of the second-to-last Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Beloit (LCS 29), from Lockheed Martin at the Fincantieri Marinette ...

The US Embassy yesterday announced the visit of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) to ...

Navy officials say the LCS is an ideal fit for the South China Sea environment. Described by the US Navy as “perfect” for coastal threats, the small surface combatants can move quickly among ...

As the US Navy (USN) builds up its inventory of Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), the service is reframing operational concepts and maintenance plans for the unique fleet of ...

Shipbuilders are studying how to add additional combat power to the United States Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Senior executives from Lockheed Martin, builder of the Freedom variant LCS ...

The U.S. Navy hopes to boost Littoral Combat Ship operational days by strategically targeting the key drivers of down time: design flaws in 32 parts that need to be replaced, and a sluggish ...