Light Amphibious Warship (LAW)
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Navy/USMCBollinger Wins First Contract For First Landing Ship Medium
The Navy on Friday awarded Bollinger Shipyards a $9.5 million contract to start procuring long lead time material and related engineering and design activities for the initial Block One Landing […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Steps Closer To LSM Block I As It Procures Bollinger And Damen Data Rights
The Navy moved another step closer to awarding its first revamped Medium Landing Ship (LSM) contract with an award to Bollinger Shipyard Lockport LLC for the data rights to build […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Begins Looking Into Vessel Construction Manager For First LSM Amphib
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) recently issued a notice starting the process to find a Vessel Construction Manager (VCM) to build the first Medium Landing Ship (LSM), Block 1. According […]
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Navy/USMCAuthorizers Support New LSM Plan, Impose Vessel Construction Manager Strategy
The newly released House and Senate Armed Services Committee’s FY 2026 defense authorization bills both support the Navy’s latest strategy to move forward with a non-developmental design for the Medium […]
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UncategorizedMarine Corps Confirms Testing With Army Vessel That Will Be Basis Of New First Draft Of LSM
A Marine Corps unit that the Pentagon plans to ultimately deploy with the Landing Ship Medium (LSM) confirmed to reporters it has tested with an Army watercraft set to be […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Outlines LSM Future: First Within Five Years, Sharing Second Test Ship With Australia, Hybrid Crewing T-EPFs
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 […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Award Bollinger First LSM Amphib Hull Based On Israeli Ship
The Navy earlier this month posted a presolicitation notice that it intends to issue Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC a sole-source contract for the first Landing Ship Medium (LSM) based on […]
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Navy/USMCSenate’s LSM Amphib Limits Win In Final NDAA
The Senate’s version on limitations for the future Medium Landing Ship (LSM) for the Navy and Marine Corps won out in the final FY 2025 defense authorization bill, requiring the […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Outlines Next Steps For New Autonomous Resupply Vessel And Landing Ship Medium Experimentation
The Marine Corps is preparing to move an autonomous resupply vessel to the Japan-based 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) to conduct field testing this fall, an official said Wednesday. […]
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Navy/USMCCommandant Guidance Pushes For New Tech On Amphibs
The newest Marine Commandant’s Planning Guidance, released this week, argued for adding new proven technologies to amphibious warships. “The myriad unmanned subsurface, surface, and aerial systems that the Joint Force […]
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