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Cost Concerns Continue to Bedevil LCS
To deal with the problems witnessed firsthand by Aviation Week and other issues identified on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1) USS Freedom, the U.S. Navy is paying more money than it had planned to repair .....
Naval Version of LCA Makes First Flight
India on April 27 conducted the first flight of the naval version of its Light Combat Aircraft......
Navy Eyes Phased Approach for Air and Missile Defense Radar
The U.S. Navy has apparently found a way to reduce some of the early risk and cost for its Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) by considering a phased approach to the deployment of the X-band sensor for t.....
Ingalls Eyes More Missions for US Navy LPDs
Now that Ingalls Shipbuilding has tackled production problems with the U.S. Navy's LPD-17 San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock ship, the company is researching the possibility of using the ship for .....
US Navy Touts AMDR Technology Advancement
Key technology for the U.S. Navy's proposed Air and Missile Defense Radar is advancing more quickly than the service brass had anticipated, casting doubt on some of the criticism leveled lately at the AMDR.....
Large Displacement UUV Steaming Ahead
The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research plans to take robot submarines to a new level......
Navy Has to Rethink Staffing Strategy for LCS
Operating the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will force the service to re-evaluate its traditional staffing paradigm, according to the LCS Concept of Operations (conops), which was obtained by the .....
Ford Carrier Costs Rise
The overall CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier program price tag is increasing roughly $2.2 billion -- or about 5.5% -- to $42.5 billion, the Pentagon estimates in its recent Selected Acquisition.....
US Navy Manual Details New Focus
As promised, the U.S. Navy is focusing on taking greater care of its surface fleet, with the release this month of a new manual that details how the service will better maintain most of those ships......
Analysts Call for LCS-1 Redesign
The U.S. Navy has already altered its Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship, LCS-1, to address problems uncovered in testing, but the ship still needs to be fundamentally redesigned, say leading defense analy.....
