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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Austal submits final LCS proposal

USS Independence (LCS-2)Austal has submitted its best and final offer to the US Navy for a 10-vessel Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contract.

If Austal is awarded the contract, 2,000 more jobs will be created at the company's Mobile, Alabama shipyard, adding to Austal's current US workforce of 1,500.

The LCS program began in 2002 with the US Navy's pursuit of a new class of up to 55 ships for multi-mission support.

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