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A dozen years ago, the U.S. Navy announced plans for three new classes of surface warships -- a land-attack destroyer, a missile-defense cruiser, and a fast coastal combatant that could replace frigates in shallow-water operations. The destroyer and cruiser ended up being terminated due to budget
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Date:
4/26/2013
Senior Navy officials have mounted a vigorous campaign to rebut recent criticism of the Littoral Combat Ship program. The program is funding parallel development of two classes of high-speed warships equipped with interchangeable mission packages for shallow-water missions such as minesweeping
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Date:
5/17/2012
The lead vessel in the Littoral Combat Ship program has reached the point in its development when self-appointed watchdogs begin to question its price and performance. The Project on Government Oversight has branded it a "busted, leaky boat" and called for cancellation of the whole class. Investigative
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Date:
5/14/2012
Until recently, the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has struggled to overcome the impression that it was the U.S. Navy's "ugly duckling." There were questions regarding the mission for the LCS -- operations in littoral waters, the possibility of building warships in commercial shipyards according to
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Date:
10/25/2011
Now that the decision on an acquisition strategy for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has been taken, the Navy is moving out aggressively to address outstanding issues with the program. One of the most important of these is making sure that mission modules will be available for the ships as they start
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Date:
2/2/2011
If the Navy is able to buy both variants of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) each will come with its own combat system. Some sources have suggested that this could be a problem for the Navy because it will have to manage two supply chains and sets of maintenance networks to support those combat systems.
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Date:
12/20/2010
Recent testimony by senior officials of the Department of the Navy before the Senate Appropriations Committee reveal the source of their new-found enthusiasm for buying both variants of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Apparently both bidders, Lockheed Martin and Austal, came in with bids one-third
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Date:
12/15/2010
The U.S. defense industry was waiting with bated breath for the outcome of the competition to build the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The original Navy plan had been to build a squadron or more of each of the two designs, one by a Lockheed Martin-led team and the other by a General Dynamics-led team.
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Date:
11/8/2010