Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on the US Navy's advanced and small but lethal Littoral Combat Ships, LCS.

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 ...

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program is presented as a deeply flawed naval experiment. The decision to build two competing ...

US Navy littoral combat ship in the water. - Handout/Getty Images From the largest aircraft carrier to the Boomin Beaver, potentially the smallest ship in the U.S. Navy, the United States has a huge ...

The USS Sioux City in May during its sea trials, which had been delayed because of weather and mechanical issues. More than 5,000 people are expected at a commissioning ceremony for the Navy’s new ...

As the sun rose Friday morning in Mobile, the last of 19 Littoral Combat Ships built by Austal USA stood ready for its final departure. The moment could be described as the end of an era for the city.

NMESIS itself is a game-changer: a mobile, ground-based launcher packing two stealthy Kongsberg Naval Strike Missiles with a ...

The U.S. Navy will commission one of its newest ships, the USS Pierre (LCS 38), during a ceremony here on Nov. 15.

The U.S. Navy has issued a Lockheed Martin-led industry team a contract modification for one fully funded 2015 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) valued at $362 million, along with $79 million in advanced ...

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1) USS Freedom’s ship service diesel generators (SSDG) continue to give the vessel fits, recently causing the LCS to lose propulsion briefly while heading out to ...

The future USS Little Rock™s (LCS 9) Builder™s Trials were completed in Lake Michigan on Aug. 17. The sea trials tested the ship’s performance under a variety of conditions, including situations not ...

The Navy has been accused of stealing design elements for its Littoral Combat Ship and refusing to play the inventor who came up with them. In this case, the accusation may well have weight. Share on ...