The US Navy has placed an order for two more Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700-class units with original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Austal USA. The service initially tasked the supplier to ...

Mobile, Ala. 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 ...

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 ...

(Tribune News Service) — Austal USA has received a $91 million contract to build three landing craft for the U.S. Navy ... s new steel line. The Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700 is an open ...

Austal USA earlier this month celebrated the start of construction on the first of three LCU 1710 Landing Craft Utility vessels ... was awarded a US$91.5 million (A$143.4 million) contract in ...

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 Navy is doing preliminary design work on its Landing Craft Utility (LCU) replacement now to begin construction within about… USNI News is the independent, non-profit news service of the ...

US Navy Photo The Navy awarded Louisiana-based Swiftships, LLC an $18-million contract for the detail design and construction of the first Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1700) surface connector ...

Textron Systems' new ship-to-shore connector will be the U.S. Navy's new generation of landing craft, air-cushioned vehicle. (Courtesy of Textron Systems) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s new ship ...

The Navy has delivered nine vessels ... the survivability of their amphibious craft, which includes the connectors and other vessels. "The landing craft utility (LCU) and landing craft air cushion ...

Austal USA has received a $91 million contract to build three landing craft for the U.S. Navy, adding to a catalog ... Austal the second yard building LCU 1700s. The $92 million contract covers ...