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 ...

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 ...

After a few years of painful, expensive and embarrassing ship deliveries, the Navy seems to have finally gotten into a sweet spot with its major programs. Naval Sea Systems Command announced Monday ...

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 Navy commissioned the 13th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, the USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29), during a ceremony at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida on Saturday. The ship ...

HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has secured a $240 million contract to obtain materials and begin construction efforts for the U.S. Navy’s future LPD-32 amphibious transport dock.

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Ingalls Shipbuilding's amphibious transport dock Arlington successfully completed its U.S. Navy acceptance sea trials last week, the company announced Monday. LPD 24, under ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. – Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Tuesday that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division received a $1.47 billion cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Navy. The contract money will ...

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, ...

An HII (NYSE: HII) shipbuilding division will design and construct a third Flight II amphibious ship for the U.S. Navy under a $1.3 billion contract modification. The award comes nine months after ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) delivered the company's sixth amphibious transport dock, San Diego (LPD 22), to the U.S. Navy. The ship was delivered in a brief ceremony at Ingalls ...

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 ...