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Navy/USMC

Marine Corps Outlines LSM Future: First Within Five Years, Sharing Second Test Ship With Australia, Hybrid Crewing T-EPFs

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

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Marine Corps Outlines LSM Future: First Within Five Years, Sharing Second Test Ship With Australia, Hybrid Crewing T-EPFs

The previous concept design for the Navy’s Medium Landing Ship (LSM), featured in an April Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report. (Image: CBO)

Navy and Marine Corps officials on Wednesday outlined the next steps in the Landing Ship Medium (LSM) program and bridging solutions until it is ready as they redirect away from the first set of requirements proved to be too expensive. Lt. Gen. Eric Austin, Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration, admitted that while the Marine Corps initially wanted the LSM to be a 35-vessel fleet of affordable beach-to-beach littoral maneuver vessels, “requirements creep” in a tough acquisition cycle made it…

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Space

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Congress

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