The $37 billion LCS program, in development since 2002, is a next-generation surface-ship aimed at delivering a fast, agile, littoral vessel equipped with technologically advanced mission packages.

Littoral combat ship Little Rock (LCS 9) is underway during a high-speed run in Lake Michigan during acceptance trials. Lockheed Martin Photo The Navy will put a laser weapon on a Littoral Combat ...

Littoral combat ship USS Coronado successfully executed the first live-fire over-the-horizon missile test using a Harpoon Block IC missile, July 19, during the Navy’s Rim of the Pacific exercise.

The Freedom-variant of the US Navy’s LCS class is a high-speed, agile, shallow-drafted, networked surface ship. The LCS 1 and follow-on ships (LCS 3, LCS 5, LCS 7, etc.) can operate in open ...

Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Nantucket (LCS-27), right, ports next to the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat, USS Constitution, as Nantucket arrives in Boston on Nov. 8, 2024.

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy's Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Nantucket (LCS-27) was commissioned in ...

The U.S. Navy announced it has completed acceptance trials for the final Independence variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the ...

The Navy’s last Independence-class littoral combat ship ... combat ships are fast, nimble vessels prized for their abilities in coastal areas and the open ocean. In the early 2000s, shipbuilders ...

The ship, which was commissioned in 2012 and is the oldest Freedom variant still in service, could change homeports in mid-2025, said Lt. Ayifa Brooks, public affairs officer for Mayport's LCS ...

The USS Nantucket, a Freedom-class littoral combat ship, was commissioned Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Charlestown Navy Ship Yard in Boston. Check out our latest YouTube videos. Watch here 🎥 ...

BOSTON — A new warship joins the fleet. The Navy last weekend commissioned the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LSC) USS Nantucket (LCS 27) in Boston, Massachusetts. “The crew, along with ...