The concept of an "Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship" harks back to Elon Musk's plans for "creating ... A third floating landing platform based on the leased Marmac barge model number 303 was ...

A Navy force-generation model assumes 80% readiness ... If the Navy executed its current plans, its class of 12 amphibious dock landing ships would likely be gone by FY25. Two are decommissioned ...

The Marine Corps will experiment on the commercial ship it leased ... its planned medium landing ships will require, officials said. The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab plans to lease a total of ...

The plan, as recently as 2023, was for the Navy to buy at least 18 and as many as 35 Medium Landing Ships for $150 million apiece starting that year. Instead, keel-laying for the first ship has ...

PiAC plans to develop ... takeoff and landing (HVTOL) program. The military has already gotten its hands on the Kargo UAV, too. Kaman began to develop the self-flying model in 2021 as a potential ...

The development of a new landing ship key to the Marines ... For now, to quickly get the Marines a ship that can move them around the region, the Navy plans to buy a “non-developmental vessel ...

Sea Transport Solutions builds stern landing vessels that the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are eyeing as a solution for the light amphibious warship. (STS image) Marines plan to test a new ship this ...

An amphibious ship ... Corps plan to adapt the service for future warfare could cost billions more than expected, the Congressional Budget Office says. Costs for the Navy’s medium landing ...

The Navy wants Bollinger to build a variant of the design under a LSM contract USNI News Photo The Navy wants a Louisiana shipyard to build the first hull for the Landing Ship Medium program as ...

and which since has been renamed the Landing Ship Medium (LSM). The LSM is envisioned as being substantially larger: A vessel up to 400 feet long that doesn’t need to be carried into a contested ...