Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to the Navy Friday, the shipbuilder announced. Future USS Pierre (LCS-38), the second U.S. ship to be named after South Dakota’s ...

The U.S. Navy now wants bigger Fire Scout UAVs for its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fleet. While the service says no design changes are needed, industry is studying whether the LCS-2 USS ...

The second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-2) had to cut short a June 21 underway because of a “minor engineering disruption,” U.S. Navy officials say, but was able to get back to sea June 24. The ...

Summary and Key Points: The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) was intended to be the U.S. Navy’s versatile, affordable answer to post-Cold War threats, capable of missions from mine-hunting to anti-piracy.

Khaled Nordin says local expertise and system integration are key as Malaysia’s first homebuilt littoral combat ships face ...