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January 8, 2015

Navy Plans to Arm LCS With Long-Range Surface Missile

Navy developers plan to arm the service’s Littoral Combat Ship with a long-range surface-to-surface missile by 2020 to defend against fast attack craft, ships and patrol boats, service officials said. The long-range missile plan is intended as a follow-on effort to the Navy’s near-term move to arm the LCS with a shorter-range Hellfire Longbow missile, […]

January 8, 2015

Navy Expects LCS Mine Killing Drone Prototype by 2016

The Navy is building a 40-foot-long unmanned surface vehicle designed to launch from a Littoral Combat Ship and detonate and destroy underwater mines while keeping ships and sailors at a safe distance, service officials said. The first prototype, scheduled to be finished by 2016, will pave the way for initial production of the Unmanned Influence […]

January 8, 2015

Video: Navy’s F-35C Lands Aboard Carrier for First Time

The Navy’s F-35C Joint Strike Fighter carrier variant conducted its first arrested landing Nov. 3, service officials said. Video

January 8, 2015

F-35C Lands First Time on Carrier

The Navy’s F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducted its first arrested landing Nov. 3.

January 8, 2015

Fort Worth First LCS to Deploy with Drone Aircraft

SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship will deploy with an unmanned aircraft system on board for the first time when the USS Fort Worth leaves here next week on deployment to the Pacific region, service officials said. The Fort Worth, or LCS 3, will soon deploy with what’s called a surface warfare […]