The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) completed Seakeeping and Structural Loads Trials, commonly referred to as Rough Water Trials (RWT) in late March the Navy reported May 21.

Four LCS deployments had already used a hub in Singapore, but the two deployments by USS Freedom (LCS-1) and the one each by USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) and USS Coronado (LCS-4) were marked by serious ...

The former Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) departs Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on Sept. 30 in preparations to be towed to Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Bremerton.

The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) is on track to begin its first deployment March 1, 2013. This milestone was announced by the LCS Council… Sunday, January 19, 2025.

So far, LCS 3, the USS Fort Worth, has had no failures of the new air compressor,” he said. Recently, the USS Freedom also experienced a corroding cable on the ship that affected the steerable jets.

The U.S. Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV), developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), was prominently displayed on the flight ...

The Navy’s USS Freedom conducted several operational patrol missions in the South China Sea while on a 32,000-mile, 10-month long maiden deployment through the Pacific region, service officials ...

The ship, which cost nearly $600 million to build, is the last Independence-class LCS to be built for the Navy.

MQ 8B Firescout. SAN DIEGO, 26 Feb. 2011. The Northrop Grumman Corp. MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) flew its first test flights from the U.S.

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1) USS Freedom is in need of yet another set of repairs in order to leave its Singapore pier and get to sea, U.S. Navy officials say. The ship has been plagued by ...

What You Need to Know: The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program has faced considerable scrutiny, with critics citing high costs, maintenance dependencies, and limited survivability. Notably, some ...

MILWAUKEE (Nov. 8, 2008) The crew of the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) mans the rails during her commissioning ceremony at Veterans Park in Milwaukee, Wis. Freedom is the first of two ...