LCS

Austal USA gets $48M mod to LCS maintenance contract

Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $48,020,435 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract modification (P00006) under a previously awarded contract (N40345-22-D-8000) to exercise Option Year Two for emergent repair and continuous maintenance for littoral combat ships deployed to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans and the countries and ports therein.

The exercise of this option will bring the current value of the Austal USA contract to $166,427,609. The...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/austal-usa-gets-48m-mod-to-lcs-maintenance-contract/

BAE Jacksonville gets $26.2M mod to LCS 29 contract

BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair LLC, Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded a $26,225,607 cost-plus-award-fee modification to exercise an option to a previously awarded contract (N00024-20-C-2320) for the accomplishment of a post shakedown availability (PSA). The PSA is for one Freedom variant littoral combat ship (LCS 29).

Work will be performed in Mayport, Florida, and is expected to complete February 2026. Fiscal 2024 Shipbuilding and Conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $4,911,885...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/bae-jacksonville-gets-26-2m-mod-to-lcs-29-contract/

Austal USA delivers the future USS Kingsville

As production of the Navy’s littoral combat ship (LCS) program approaches its planned closure, Austal USA has delivered the next to final ship of the trimaran-hulled Independence-variant LCS series, the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36). Kingsville is the 18th Independence-variant delivered by the Mobile, Ala., shipbuilder and the first U.S. Navy vessel to be named after the Texas city that is home to Naval Air Station Kingsville and is directly tied to the historic King Ranch.

Delivery documents...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/austal-usa-delivers-the-future-uss-kingsville/

VIDEO: LCS USS Montgomery Fires Hellfire Missiles in Land Attack Test

An AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missile launches from the Surface-To-Surface Missile Module (SSMM) aboard Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery (LCS-8) on May 12, 2022. US Navy Photo

An Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship launched three Longbow Hellfire missiles that hit a land-based target in a demonstration last week, the Navy announced.

USS Montgomery (LCS-8) launched the AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles in the Pacific Ocean, the service said in a news release. The...

https://news.usni.org/2022/05/16/video-lcs-uss-montgomery-fires-hellfire-missiles-in-land-attack-test

GAO Report on Littoral Combat Ship Program

The following is the Government Accountability Office report, Littoral Combat Ship: Actions Needed to Address Significant Operational Challenges and Implement Planned Sustainment Approach on Feb. 24, 2022.

From the report

What GAO Found

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fleet has not demonstrated the operational capabilities it needs to perform its mission. Operational testing has found several significant challenges, including the ship’s ability to defend itself if attacked and failure rates of...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/25/gao-report-on-littoral-combat-ship-program

USS Savannah Commissioned in Georgia

The future Savannah (LCS-28) is floated down the Mobile River on Sept. 2, 2020, just days after it was christened at the Austal USA shipyard. Austal USA photo.

The Navy commissioned USS Savannah (LCS-28) on Saturday in Brunswick, Ga., the sea service announced.

The ship is the 14th Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to enter the fleet, according to a news release from the Navy. It is the sixth ship to bear the name Savannah.

The ship was delivered to the Navy by Austal USA in June 2021....

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/05/uss-savannah-commissioned-in-georgia

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