It was the middle of May, and the littoral combat ship Independence was operating out of San Diego, testing components of the mine warfare mission package. The mission is one that, except for several ...

The U.S. Navy embarked the first Mine Countermeasures Mission Package (MCM MP) aboard USS Canberra (LCS 30), April 18, service officials announced. With the MCM mission package now onboard LCS 30, the ...

MINESWEEPER: The U.S. Navy successfully completed Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) launch handling and recovery testing at sea aboard Littoral Combat Ship USS Independence Aug. 27. The test ...

LCS MODULES: The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $25.2 million contract for three additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) mission modules — two for surface warfare missions and one for mine ...

The littoral combat ship USS Canberra arrived at the U.S. naval base in Bahrain last week, the first of four new vessels expected to replace aging mine countermeasures ships in the Middle East, ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. firm Northrop Grumman is under contract as the MPI to produce and deliver Modular Mission Packages for the Littoral Combat Ship. The Modular Mission Packages ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - 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 ...

February 26, 2025: Last year the U.S. Navy decided to reverse its plan to quickly discard its remaining LCS Littoral Combat Ships and instead upgrade many of them. The only combat an LCS has seen was ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Nantucket (LCS-27) was commissioned in Boston, Massachusetts. As the fourteenth ship in its class, Nantucket is ...

A Textron business has secured a potential $106 million contract from the U.S. Navy for production and engineering support of Mine Sweeping Payload Delivery Systems. The company said Tuesday the award ...