San Diego-based littoral combat ship launches Navy’s first attack drone

The San Diego-based littoral combat ship was in the Arabian Gulf when a new Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, ...
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Navy finally finds something the LCS is good at: Stopping drug smuggling

USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship, made two drug busts within 72 hours, seizing more than $9.5 million of cocaine and roughly $2.8 million of marijuana. The ...
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The US Navy Accepts Its Final Littoral Combat Ship

The final Independence-class LCS will now be retooled for mine warfare, and the ships may finally serve a helpful purpose, replacing aging minesweepers. Last week, Austal USA delivered the 19th and ...
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U.S. Navy Conducts First Shipborne Launch of LUCAS One-Way Attack Drone

A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) was launched from the flight deck of littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara while operating in the ...
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Final Independence-class combat ship delivered to Navy

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of a construction phase that’s lasted 15 years. The Alabama-based Austal ...
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First Littoral Combat Ship with MCM Mission Package Arrives in Bahrain

Cmdr. Bill Golden, center, commanding officer of the littoral combat ship USS Canberra’s (LCS-30) Blue Crew, gives a tour of the ship’s bridge in Manama, Bahrain, May 26, 2025. US Navy Photo The first ...
Defense Daily

Defense Watch: LCS Drone Launch, PhantomStrike Award, Tungsten Mining

U.S. Defense Department photo of LUCAS drones on a tarmac in Central Command's operating area. LCS LUCAS Launch. The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) on launched the ...
The National Interest

U.S. Navy Sends Combat Ships to the Caribbean for Drug-Busting

Once criticized, the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) proves its value by foiling drug runs in Caribbean missions, signaling a potential new future for the troubled fleet. The United States ...
Aviation Week

U.S. Navy Puts Joint High-Speed Vessel Under LCS Council

Noting the common operational elements shared between the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), the U.S. Navy has decided to place oversight of the latter’s development ...
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Littoral Combat Vessel

This much is clear: Nobody wants the Littoral Combat Ship, and yet here it is. The USS St. Louis was launched and christened on Saturday as the latest Freedom-class installment of its Littoral ...
Aviation Week

U.S. Navy Still Reviewing Alternative Missiles For LCS

Recent shipboard tests of the Griffin missile prove that it will work with the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) surface warfare (SUW) mission module package, but the U.S. Navy is still looking at ...
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LCS Built by Lockheed-Led Industry Team Completes Navy Qualification Trials

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 28, 2017 ” The U.S. Navy has conducted qualification trials on the USS Detroit littoral combat ship built by a Lockheed Martin-led (NYSE: LMT) industry team to check the ...