So far this ship is the largest amphibious warship built for the PLAN ... Chinese military expert Song Zhongping compared the Sichuan to a “light aircraft carrier,” with the vessel possibly ...

Austal has won plenty of defence work – a $1.3 billion contract to design and build three medical ships for the US Navy ... a greater focus on maritime and amphibious missions, and which is ...

For several years, Austal has been one of the competitors doing preliminary design work on a class that formerly was known as the Light Amphibious Warship, and which since has been renamed the ...

The provisions and the strategic importance of the work being done by Austal – including warships ... a Defence Force focused on maritime and amphibious missions and armed with long-range ...

The issue has only impacted Lockheed Martin-made Freedom-class LCS and not the Austal USA-made Independence ... formerly named the “Light Amphibious Warship.” The service writes that LCS ...

Austal USA concept mockup of the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) presented at the Navy league’s Sea Air Space expo in August 2021. (Photo: Richard Abott/Defense Daily) Judd Krier, OPNAV N953 amphibious ...

Austal USA concept mockup of the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) presented at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space expo in August 2021. (Photo: Richard Abott/Defense Daily) Smith said they need enough ...

During his tenure with Austal USA, he has led the detail design and construction efforts of two major Navy shipbuilding programs and is advancing concept designs for next generation programs such as ...

A updated report on the Light Amphibious Warship program illuminates the Navy’s decision to delay the acquisition of the first LAW from 2023 to 2025—and underlines growing questions about the ...

Ultimately, the company is positioning itself to win the frigate follow-on contract and build the Marine Corps’ Light Amphibious Warship. Austal is one of five companies competing for the LAW program.

Austal is building the expeditionary fast ... The “smaller amphibious ships” refers to a new class of light amphibious warship (LAWS) to support distributed maritime operations (DMO) and ...

Austal on Thursday won a $208.3 million ... it eyed a buffet of potential programs to win: the U.S. Navy’s light amphibious warship, next-generation logistics ship, T-AGOS ocean surveillance ...