The following is the May 17, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Navy LPD-17 Flight II Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress. The Navy wants to procure a total of 13 ...

Congressional decision-makers are working with the Navy to explore massively speeding up construction of its emerging fleet of new amphibious assault ships --- as part of an urgent push to expand the ...

July 5 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy's future amphibious transport dock, the USS Portland, is back at its shipyard in Mississippi after successfully completing Builder's Trials. The ship, built at Huntington ...

The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) departed Huntington Ingalls Shipyard to conduct acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Acceptance trials are the last significant milestone before delivery of ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss., March 8 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy reports the John P. Murtha, its future amphibious transport dock, successfully completed builder's trials earlier this month. The trials of the ship, ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks (LPDs) project power globally by transporting and landing Marines, their equipment, and supplies for various ...

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $41.3 million cost-plus-fixed fee contract for life cycle engineering and support services for the U.S. Navy's USS San Antonio (LPD 17) class of amphibious ...

Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Incorporated, Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Raytheon Company Integrated Defense Systems, San Diego, California, have been awarded contract modifications valued at more ...

The Northrop Grumman-built amphibious transport dock ship Mesa Verde (LPD 19) successfully completed builder's trials in mid-August, the company and the U.S. Navy announced Aug. 20. "We had a very ...

The Navy wants to procure a total of 13 LPD-17 Flight II amphibious ships. LPD-17 Flight II ships cost roughly $1.8 billion each to procure. The first LPD-17 Flight II ship, LPD-30, was procured in ...