The Case For LCS: Searching For The AirAsia Plane

The Case For LCS: Searching For The AirAsia Plane
The Case For LCS: Searching For The AirAsia Plane

The Littoral Combat Ship Fort Worth joined the search for the remains of Air Asia Flight QZ8501. This grim mission marked more than a real-world test of a new and controversial class of ship. It also shows why the Navy needs something like LCS at all. The Fort Worth started working this weekend with the…

Sleepless In Singapore: LCS Is Undermanned & Overworked, Says GAO

Sleepless In Singapore: LCS Is Undermanned & Overworked, Says GAO
Sleepless In Singapore: LCS Is Undermanned & Overworked, Says GAO

UPDATED with US Navy response WASHINGTON: Some spectacular glitches marred the first overseas deployment of the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship, including an electrical failure that left the USS Freedom “briefly” dead in the water. Now Breaking Defense has obtained an unpublished Government Accountability Office study of Freedom‘s Singapore deployment that raises more serious questions about…