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 Wednesday in a ...

With ongoing market research to find potential shipyards for building LCUs, NAVSEA intends to issue a request for proposals for the programme next year. The US Navy (USN) has been working on the ...

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 shipbuilder Swiftships told Defense News, following years of ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Austal USA posted on its Facebook page that Friday, August 22, it launched its first Landing Craft Utility vessel. Here is part of the post: Last Friday, Austal USA successfully ...

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) ...

(Tribune News Service) — Austal USA has received a $91 million contract to build three landing craft for the U.S. Navy, adding to a catalog of work lined up for the shipbuilder’s new steel line. The ...

Marines from 1st Battalion, 7th Marines prepare to load Joint Light Tactical Vehicles onto Landing Craft Utility boats in preparation for a JLTV Multiservice Operational Test and Evaluation amphibious ...

Then-Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Gary Thomas, left, receives a shipyard tour from Jeff Leleux, center, president of Swiftships in New Orleans, La., on Aug. 12, 2020. (Sgt. Wesley ...