Littoral Combat Ships

The US Navy recently conducted tests off the coast of California of Raytheon's SeaRAM, which fires supersonic, self-guided missiles against in-coming close-range threats. During these exercises, the USS Coronado successfully detected, tracked, and engaged an inbound target.

The US Navy is fitting new Rolls Royce water jets to its Littoral Combat Ships (LCS).

In an exclusive interview, Austal's head of R&D talks about their revolutionary trimaran design, why the US Navy chose it and what makes their new model even better.

August 13, 2008 The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is an entirely new class of warship designed to enable the U.S. Navy to operate in shallow waters for the many close-to-shore challenges it forsees in the coming years. The LCS is very fast, highly manoeuvrable, fully networked and quickly reconfigurabl

The US Navy's newest Littoral Combat Ship wouldn't look the least bit out of place soaring over the credits of a Star Wars movie.

December 21, 2006 The U.S. Navy has approved funding for the construction of a second General Dynamics trimaran version of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) featuring

September 26, 2006 The LCS is finally in the water, and one of the most anticipated combat ships in history has moved a step closer to deployment. There are tw

October 17, 2005 The US Navy has announced the award of a construction contract for the Austal designed General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project. Th

June 3, 2005 The keel has been laid on the first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) , marking a significant milestone in production of the U.S. Navy's new class of sur

December 17, 2004 The US Department of Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a US$188.2 million contract option for detail design and construction of the first Fligh

The Lockheed Martin-led Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) team has unveiled the latest version of its semi-planing monohull design - the ship is faster, more agile and