MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA celebrated the start of construction on its fifth U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700-class ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – When people think of the United States Navy, they think of battleships or carriers, but there are smaller and still important utility boats and landing craft utility that ...

The Chinese Navy is accelerating its naval modernization efforts with the addition of a new “utility landing craft” capable of transporting armed vehicles, troops, and supplies to support amphibious ...

Austal USA has launched its first Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessel for the US Navy, marking a major step in the company’s expansion into steel shipbuilding. The launch of LCU 1710 took place on ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Austal USA posted on its Facebook page that Friday, August 22, it launched its first Landing Craft Utility vessel. Here is part of the post: Last Friday, Austal USA successfully ...

(Tribune News Service) — Austal USA has received a $91 million contract to build three landing craft for the U.S. Navy, adding to a catalog of work lined up for the shipbuilder’s new steel line. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Navy has ordered the builder of its Landing Craft Utility 1700 program to stop work and moved to terminate the contract, ...

Shipbuilder Austal USA was awarded a $91,535,551 fixed-price incentive and firm-fixed-price type modification to definitize a previously awarded contract for the detail design and construction of ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a $91,535,551 contract to build three Landing Craft Utility 1700 class craft, with an option for nine more boats, Austal announced Wednesday in a ...

Mobile, Ala. shipbuilder Austal USA has been awarded a $54,997,317 fixed-priced incentive (firm-target) contract modification for the construction of two additional Landing Craft Utility (LCU) ...

YOKOHAMA NORTH DOCK, Japan — Japan Ground Self-Defense Force leaders toured a U.S. Army landing craft utility vessel here Wednesday as part of a familiarization event hosted by the 10th Support Group.