Landing Ship Medium concept. NAVSEA Image. The development of a new landing ship key to the Marines Corps’ island-hopping strategy in the Western Pacific is on hold due to Navy concerns over ...

The Navy’s Medium Landing Ship (LSM) program, previously called the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) program, envisions procuring a class of 18 to 35 new amphibious ships to support the Marine ...

(Cpl. Nicholas Martinez/U.S. Marine Corps) ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy is seeking proposals for its Landing Ship Medium program, which one Marine Corps leader called a top priority for the ...

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are nearing agreement on the requirements and cost of the Landing Ship Medium program, formerly called the Light Amphibious Warship, after the services previously ...

The Navy and Marines are back on the same page about a low-cost Landing Ship Medium, following negotiations over survivability and capability of the craft.

Costs for the Navy’s medium landing ship, or LSM, could range from $6.2 billion to as much as $7.8 billion for 18 ships, the CBO said in a report released Thursday. Each ship could cost between ...

But the strategy requires a new ship – an easy-to-hide medium landing ship that’s cheap enough for the US Navy to buy quickly and in large numbers. But the Medium Landing Ship – or LSM in ...

Three U.S. Navy littoral combat ships sail in formation in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2019. ... Two newer programs — the Constellation-class frigate and the medium landing ship, ...

The Navy is proposing to drop its amphibious ... Program and the Landing Craft Utility LCU 1700 class. The future Landing Ship Medium or LSM, is still planned for 2025. However, that is already ...

Under the fiscal year 2024 budget, the Navy sought to purchase the first landing ship medium in fiscal year 2025 at a cost of $187.9 million, with a total of at least six LSMs purchased by fiscal ...