The Navy still needs new frigates, and is still intent on building them. But it must make basic changes to its acquisition ...

The U.S. Navy's newest littoral combat ship, the future USS Omaha (LCS-12), transits the Panama Canal and arrives at its new homeport of San Diego Naval Base. The future USS Omaha is scheduled to be ...

Designed for fast, coastal missions, the Littoral Combat Ship was meant to be the “Swiss Army knife” of the U.S. Navy. But today, the LCS program is dealing with serious issues - from structural ...

The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of the USS Cleveland (LCS 31), the 16th and final Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, ...

The Navy now is in possession of the final Freedom-class littoral combat ship after a milestone moment this week for a troubled collection of vessels once valued for their promise as stealthy ...

On November 26, 2025, the U.S. Navy announced the delivery of the final Freedom-Variant Littoral Combat Ship, the USS ...

The Constellation class has finally, and rightly, been canceled. Here are three ways the US Navy might make up for its ...

With Constellation Frigates Canceled, Save Ticonderoga Cruisers. The US Navy has canceled the Constellation-class frigate program and will only complete two ships already under construction. Before ...

CLEVELAND — The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of the future USS Cleveland (LCS 31), the final Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, marking the end of more than two decades of construction on the ...

While the U.S. Navy still officially counts the Griffin missile as part of the Littoral Combat Ship’s (LCS) surface warfare (SUW) module package, the service is now testing the system aboard other ...

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...