Littoral Combat Ship

Littoral combat ship program struggles to push forward

The Navy’s littoral combat ship program has never lived up to its promise. Although it scaled back, the Navy still plans to field 35 of the ships, but…

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Navy can’t build fast enough to reach 355 in time. So how will it get there?

In this Dec. 7, 2016 photo, Marine Chief Warrant Officer Chad Freese displays a solar-powered drone during an exhibition of green energy technology in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The Marine Corps and Navy have led an unprecedented push to ease the Department of Defense's reliance on fossil fuels under the Obama administration. Those projects championed under Obama now face uncertainty under President-elect Donald Trump, who has chosen a Cabinet with climate change skeptics and fossil fuel promoters. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Strategic Capabilities Office finds success in rapid prototyping

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Navy is missing opportunities with the Littoral Combat Ship

Cmdr. Jim Feldkamp: Each Navy ship needs to have solid punching power

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Popping bureaucratic balloons at the Defense Department

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Patricia Lake

This is no way to launch a combat ship program

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Jerry Hendrix: Righting the ship is the theme for the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship

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Jerry Hendrix, Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, CNAS

Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow of Strategic Studies, CSBA

Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.Y.)

Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy

The Littoral Combat Ship program is struggling to stay afloat financially. But Congress has another concern. The ships themselves might be easy to sink….

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Lou Crenshaw, Owner, Crenshaw Consulting Associates

Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of Naval Operations, is creating a task force to draw up recommendations for alternatives to the Littoral Combat Ship. That…

Navy rethinks plans to purchase cutting-edge warship

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The ships are supposed to be able to sail in shallow water and ward off various threats from submarines to pirates.