Landing Ship Medium concept. NAVSEA Image The development of a new landing ship key to the Marines Corps’ island-hopping strategy in the Western Pacific is on hold due to Navy concerns over cost ...

The Navy’s Medium Landing Ship (LSM) program, previously called the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) program, envisions procuring a class of 18 to 35 new amphibious ships to support the Marine ...

As the U.S. Navy does everything it can to delay the U.S. Marine Corps’ effort to refresh the old World War II-era Tank Landing Ship (LST ... the LST’s long-term utility—served as a lonely ...

But the strategy requires a new ship – an easy-to-hide medium landing ship that’s cheap enough for the US Navy to buy quickly ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is an absolute unstoppable force for the US Navy. This hovercraft can move up to 70 tons of gear from ship to shore with ease.

On August 14, the US Navy announced it will buy four ... Huntington Ingalls in Pascagoula will build all four new ships – three San Antonio-class landing platforms and an America-class big ...

The Navy reached an aviation ... The drone touched down on the ship and deployed a tailhook to snag an arresting wire — the most difficult task for pilots landing on carriers.

US Navy Expeditionary Landing Base ship USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3), assigned to US Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT), has been conducting joint naval and air integration operations with US ...