Austal USA earlier this month celebrated the start of construction on the first of three LCU 1710 Landing Craft Utility vessels for the U.S. Navy at the company’s Mobile, Ala. shipyard. Austal USA, a ...

The U.S. Navy has ordered the builder of its Landing Craft Utility 1700 program to stop work and moved to terminate the contract, the shipbuilder Swiftships told Defense News, following years 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 on Wednesday held a keel laying ceremony for LCU 1710, marking the official start of construction on the first of three Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessels for the ...

A U.S. Navy amphibious vehicle rushes the beach at Bellows Air Force Station on Oahu, Hawaii, during training in 2015. (Caleb Jones/AP) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps should reconsider ...