US shipbuilding in a ‘perpetual state of triage,’ watchdog says
Both Navy testimony and a government watchdog report this week highlighted the lackluster progress of U.S. shipbuilding during the past 20 years.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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Navy changing LCS maintenance and staffing practices
More sailor maintenance and changes to crew sizes are in the works for the troubled LCS fleet, officials say.
By Diana Stancy
Navy test-fires missile from mobile launcher aboard LCS Savannah
The sea service continues to test the possibilities of placing mobile missile cells aboard littoral combat ships.
Can the US Navy save money by accepting the LCS as a sunk cost?
Decommissioning these ships early amounts to a loss of almost $7 billion based on analysis by Defense News.
Navy decommissions littoral combat ship Milwaukee
The ship, which was designed to serve for 25 years, is one of the Freedom-class variants that the Navy is mothballing early.
By Diana Stancy