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

The U.S. Navy rapidly added new C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aerial System) capabilities to the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships in the form of Longbow Hellfire missiles. The U.S. Navy has ...

They first entered service in 2006. The Independence-class is the other series of littoral combat ships in the U.S. Navy besides the Freedom class. These are equipped with seaborne stealth ...

U.S. Navy warships received their first ever over-the-air software updates in combat. In the Red Sea, these upgrades improved ...

The US Navy's shipbuilding problems are widespread and not easily solvable, and many of its top programs are over budget and ...

The Zumwalt class are finally being equipped with workable artillery. Both of the Zumwalts’ two gun turrets were removed and replaced by twenty-four 2.2 meter launch tubes for firing ...

The Navy’s troubled Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships are slated for a class-wide repair following the successful validation on one ship of the class. The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships have ...

Panama may be the first subject of Trump’s geopolitical sabre-rattling with China, but it will certainly not be the last.

T he 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 ...