The contract also includes options for nine additional craft and associated support efforts. "Austal USA is honored to be able to build this important connector for the U.S. Navy,” commented ...

shipbuilder Austal USA has been awarded a $54,997,317 fixed-priced incentive (firm-target) contract modification for the construction of two additional Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700-class ...

on Aug. 12, 2020. (Sgt. Wesley Timm/U.S. Marine Corps) The U.S. Navy has ordered the builder of its Landing Craft Utility 1700 program to stop work and moved to terminate the contract, the ...

"The landing craft utility (LCU) and landing craft air cushion (LCAC) … were not designed with survivability in mind as part of a [Stand-In Force]. The requirements for these craft were ...

This contract modification brings the total number of Landing Craft Utility (LCU) currently scheduled or under construction for US Navy (USN) by Austal USA to five. Austal USA has been awarded a US$55 ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a $91,535,551 contract to build three Landing Craft Utility 1700 class craft, with an option for nine more boats, Austal announced ...

A bell rang out from the deck of the USAV Calaboza, a landing craft utility vessel, while about 40 soldiers stood in formation on shore, signaling the activation of the 5th Transportation Company ...

Among them are five landing craft utility vessels used to transport troops and equipment to shore, including USAV Mechanicsville, USAV Chickahominy, USAV Malvern Hill, USAV Harpers Ferry and USAV ...