"The LPD-17 program is the lifeblood of the industrial ... lobby to build the Navy's planned 19 destroyers and a new class of Arsenal ships. The yard will also pursue international navy contracts ...

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Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned ... system-level implementation of a high-energy class solid-state laser. By Jeff Schogol By Patty Nieberg ...

role, organic to LPD-17 Class ships, with a Navy crew of 3 and a Marine Corps boarding team. The Navy VBSS variant includes a lifting bail for launch and retrieval from LPD-17 Class ships.

The yard is also a member of one of the teams bidding to build the 12-ship LPD-17 class of vessels. In a collaborative effort with Ingalls, Lockheed Martin and NASSCO, the team has submitted a bid ...