To enhance the lethality of Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships, General Dynamics engineers are integrating over-the-horizon Naval Strike Missile (NSM) systems onto all ships in this variant. The open-architecture design of the ship’s computing environment and electronic systems has made the ...
To enhance the lethality of Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships, General Dynamics engineers are integrating over-the-horizon Naval Strike Missile (NSM) systems onto all ships in this variant. The open-architecture design of the ship’s computing environment and electronic systems has made the ...
Initiated in February 2002, the LCS program represents a significant reduction in time to acquire, design and build ships in comparison to any previous ship class. Constructed by Lockheed Martin in the Marinette Marine Corporation's shipyard in Marinette, Wis., USS Freedom (LCS 1) was delivered...
“Contractor-owned/contractor-operated contracts like this support the Navy’s continued investments in uncrewed assets for their ships,” said Wayne Prender, Senior Vice President, Air Systems. “We’ve seen the benefits of our Aerosonde UAS for DDG and ESB- class ships alrea...
The first LCS was procured in FY2005, another three were procured in FY2006, and two more were procured in FY2007. Current Navy plans call for procuring three LCSs in FY2008, and then about six per year in FY2009- FY2016, for a planned total of 55 ships. The LCS is a small, ...
2021年4月29日,美国政府审计组织(GAO)公布的一份报告「滨海作战船舰:船舰服役后非计画性维修工作由合约商执行造成部署期程风险」(Unplanned Work on Maintenance Contracts Creates Schedule Risk as Ships Begin Operations,报告编号GAO-21-172),其中分析了LCS寿期生涯后勤维护工作过度仰赖合约商而衍生的广泛问题,不仅...
which was slated to result in 10 ships for the victor in a delayed LCS downselect process.rnThe competing bids from Austal and Lockheed Martin were so closely matched that the service had decided to see whether the award of two 10-ship contracts would gain Congressional approval, USN spokeswom...
ships were soon back in action, the episode highlighted the need for mine countermeasures vessels, and gave Congress ammunition to press the service to procure specialized ships for that mission despite the Navy’s reluctance to do so. The 14Avenger-classminesweepers built in the late 1980s and...
Proposed LCS decommissionings renew focus on ships' problems The Navy's budget proposal to decommission four Littoral Combat Ships, all of which have been in service less than 10 years, has renewed focus on the class... A Quigley - 《Inside the Navy》 被引量: 0发表: 2021年 Zldség-gyü...
Construction of USS Freedom (LCS-1), the first of a new class of Littoral Combat Ships, was recently completed. The LCS class is an entirely new breed of U... B Cowper,B Godwin,Gibbs 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Underwater plasma arc cutting in Three Mile Island's reactor A five-axis tele...