Through the US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, the consortium where Fincantieri, with its subsidiary Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), and Lockheed Martin Corporation, won the contract for another LCS, the fifteenth ship of the LCS program "Freedom" variant.
Fincantieri and Lockheed Martin have delivered seven ships to the US Navy, two of which this year are "Sioux City" and "Wichita".
Currently there are seven units already in different stages of construction on the site of Fincantieri Marinette Marine. The LCS program was assigned in the 2010 to FMM, as part of the partnership between Fincantieri and Lockheed Martin, a world leader in the defense sector. The "Freedom" variant is a new generation of medium-sized multi-role ships.