Navy taps Dutch shipbuilder Damen for landing ship design amid reevaluation of LSM requirements

By Nick Wilson / April 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Navy plans to procure the technical data package for a landing ship design from Dutch shipbuilding conglomerate Damen Naval, according to a Tuesday announcement that comes as the sea service recalibrates its requirements and procurement plans for the Landing Ship Medium program. The April 8 pre-solicitation notice is titled “ Medium Landing Ship (LSM) Block 1 design .” The ship design in question is the Damen LST 100 landing ship, a vessel designed for amphibious...

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