USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) has been outfitted with counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) capabilities, the US Navy ...

The programme upgraded the SSMM's software and hardware in 2024 to enhance the ship's defence during deployment.

The USS Indianapolis is the first Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be modified to fire Hellfire missiles meant to take ...

The Navy may have capped its fleet of much-anticipated— and much-maligned —littoral combat ships at 28 for now, but their ...

The U.S. Navy carried out a crash program last year to enable Freedom class littoral combat ships (LCS) armed with radar-guided AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles to fire those weapons against ...

Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Beloit (LCS 29) makes it to her homeport in Mayport, Fla., December 19.

The U.S. Navy has introduced a novel C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aerial System) capability to at least two of its Freedom-class LCS (Littoral Combat Ships), with USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS-21 ...

The Navy last summer introduced a software change to a surface-to-surface missile package aboard one of its Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) assigned to the ...

(Roscosmos via AP) Sailors of the USS Beloit (LCS 29) man the ship and bring it to life during its commissioning ceremony in Milwaukee on Nov. 23, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by EJ Hersom) (EJ Hersom ...

By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. The U.S. Navy is winding down construction of its littoral combat ship fleet with the recent commissioning of USS Beloit, and just the Cleveland and LCS-2 ...