A notional concept design for a landing ship medium. NAVSEA Image “This will teach us what we need to know to give the Navy the specifications that they need to build the medium landing ship ...

The Navy awarded five concept design study contracts for the ... explained during the discussion the need for the Landing Ship Medium. The laydown of forces in the Indo-Pacific is vastly different ...

The Navy’s Medium Landing Ship (LSM) program ... particularly in implementing a new Marine Corps operational concept called Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO). The Navy’s proposed ...

There have been three separate landing ships developed by SpaceX. The concept of an "Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship" harks back to Elon Musk's plans for "creating a paradigm shift in the ...

Sea Transport Solutions builds stern landing vessels that the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are eyeing as a solution for the light amphibious warship. (STS image) Marines plan to test a new ship this ...

A stern landing vessel, a modified oil-rig industry off-shore support vessel, raises its ramp in preparation to deliver forces, supplies at the Del Mar Boat Basin, Camp Pendleton, California.

The Marine Corps and Navy previously issued five concept design study contracts to collaborate with industry during the requirements development phase. In April, Annibale said the Landing Ship ...

The Pentagon’s secretive technology incubator has revealed six competing designs for a new ship-based, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL ... about most of the concepts, rotorcraft heavyweight ...

Costs for the Navy’s medium landing ship, or LSM, could range from $6.2 ... Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations concept, and its Force Design 2030 program that, among other ...

Designed from a landing ship meant to drop troops and supplies ... Marine Corps implement their Distributed Maritime Operations concept, which calls for US naval assets to disperse over large ...

Also capable of vertical take-off and landing ... Lightning carrier concept sought to use the enhanced aviation facilities of the new America-class amphibious assault ships to support an air ...