NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — This year, the troubled Freedom-variant littoral combat ship will look to catch up with its Independence-class counterparts, which were fielded faster and expanded their ...

A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) was launched from the flight deck of littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara while operating in the ...

Data shows that the baby boomers believe bigger is better when it comes to senior living units. Senior living operators are ...

Middle schoolers in Leon County Schools will no longer have to lug their Chromebooks home due to a new policy.

Lower cross syndrome (LCS) occurs when there is an imbalance in the strength of the muscles around the pelvis. This can result from sitting for prolonged periods. The condition can affect a person’s ...

At Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, it has the force of a mantra. The word has dangled from 50-foot banners gracing the facades of campus buildings. It’s been used to jazz up real-estate ...

USS Wichita (LCS-13) conducts acceptance trials on Lake Michigan on July 11, 2018. Lockheed Martin photo. The Navy is optimistic it will deploy three Littoral Combat Ships by this fall, after not ...

Despite plans to retire Naval Station Mayport’s existing lineup of littoral combat ships, the U.S. Navy has been celebrating the commissioning Saturday of its newest LCS, the USS Minneapolis-Saint ...

U.S. Defense Department photo of LUCAS drones on a tarmac in Central Command's operating area. LCS LUCAS Launch. The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) on launched the ...

After twenty years and billions of dollars, littoral combat ships are finally performing mine countermeasures as originally planned. By Kyle Gunn Published Sep 9, 2025 3:20 PM EDT After more than two ...

The Freedom and Independence variant of the Littoral Combat Ship is the U.S. Navy’s newest warship and is a fast, agile, focused-mission platform designed for operation in near-shore environments yet ...

LCS Development has started two major expansion projects at two North Carolina United Methodist Retirement Homes (UMRH) communities at Croasdaile Village in Durham and Wesley Pines in Lumberton, ...