“An experiment that didn’t work,” said another. And an expensive one. The price of the program is pegged at $60 billion, but a 2023 report from the investigative journalism site ProPublica said the ...

The U.S. Navy stands at a pivotal crossroads. With older destroyers aging out of the fleet in the 2030s and a new era of great-power competition demanding unprecedented firepower, Washington is ...

Summary: The U.S. Navy recently acquired the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36), the 18th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, despite ongoing criticisms of the LCS program. Named after Kingsville, ...

June 11, 2026: Last month the American Navy has commissioned USS Cleveland/LCS 31, the last of 35 LCS/Littoral Combat Ships ships. Two years ago, the Navy decided to reverse its plan to quickly ...

Modern navies face an evolving threats arena powered by ongoing developments in targeting and attack systems. Included among the significant new dangers are low visibility manned and unmanned aerial ...

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The demonstration of a new shipboard strike capability comes amid advancing plans to integrate drones deeply across the fleet.

The US Navy commissioned the last of its 35 littoral combat ships, the USS Cleveland, earlier this month at a pier in its namesake Ohio city. “Steel. Strength. Power,” acting Secretary of the Navy ...

(CNN) — The US Navy commissioned the last of its 35 littoral combat ships, the USS Cleveland, earlier this month at a pier in its namesake Ohio city. “Steel. Strength. Power,” acting Secretary of the ...