The USS Santa Barbara, an Independence-class littoral combat ship, successfully launched a LUCAS attack drone while operating ...

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Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given ...

“Despite the remarkable developments in military technology, despite the weapons and machines which have vastly expanded our ...

The Navy is pushing back on concerns about the built-in capabilities of FF(X) frigates, including the lack of a vertical ...

The Littoral Combat Ship was designed for operations close to shore. Its modular design allows the Navy to adapt the ship to different missions. Speed, automation, and flexibility define its role.

The Stockton Maritime Museum took ownership of the USS Lucid in 2010, where it started undergoing intensive renovations to ...

A LUCAS drone launches from the USS Santa Barbara in the Arabian Gulf. (Photo courtesy of the Navy) The crew of the USS Santa Barbara and personnel from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command successfully ...

A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System one-way attack drone, like those shown here on a tarmac at a US Central Command base, was launched from a littoral combat ship. (US Department of Defense) ...

Late last week, the Navy announced a replacement for the ill-fated Constellation frigate. The new ship would be “a smaller, more agile surface combatant designed to complement the fleet’s larger, ...

The U.S. Navy has decided to step back from its Constellation-class frigate program in favor of faster-to-build vessels and a new, American-designed frigate. That means the cancellation of four ...

Sailors and firefighters attempt to put out a fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego on July 12, 2020. (MCS3 Class Christina Ross/U.S. Navy) An independent government watchdog ...