The Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700 is an open, ... According to defense industry reports, the Navy doesn’t expect to award the first LCM contract until fiscal year 2025.

For the U.S. Navy, boats perform missions from mundane maintenance chores such as hull scraping and cleaning overboard ...

As early as 1936 the Navy experimented with tank lighters, and from these tests emerged the LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized)., a 50-footer which carries a crew of four and a medium tank.

The Navy last week admitted that it had a brand-new type of ship which has been added to fill out its invasion repertory. The LSM (Landing Ship, Medium) is expected to fill the last gap in the ...

Learn about Rolls-Royce receiving a $167.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the Ship to Shore Connector Program, Landing Craft Air Cushion 100 class craft.

Assault Craft Unit 2, based at JEB Little Creek-Fort Story, operates as the in-between for amphibious class LPDs. Their ships are capable of carry supplies, troops, cargo, equipment or vehicles ...

Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) 8, assigned to 36 Water Transport Troop, 10 Force Support Battalion, Australian Army, conducts amphibious operations with the forward-deployed amphibious dock ...

Today's soldiers serving with the U.S. Navy and Army use something called the Landing Craft Mechanized 8 (LCM-8). Known to its operators as the Mike Boat, ...

Austal USA has received a $91 million contract to build three landing craft for the U.S. Navy, ... the Navy doesn’t expect to award the first LCM contract until fiscal year 2025.