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Friday, October 29, 2010

Northrop Navy Ships `Not Survivable' in Combat, Official Says

LPD-17 classNorthrop Grumman Corp.’s $1.68 billion amphibious warship, designed to transport Marines close to shore, wouldn’t be effective in combat and couldn’t operate reliably after being hit by enemy fire, according to the Department of Defense’s top testing official.

The San Antonio-class vessel’s critical systems, such as electrical distribution, ship-wide fiber optics and voice- communications networks, aren’t reliable, according to Michael Gilmore, the Defense Department’s director of operational test and evaluation.

The ship’s armaments can’t effectively defend against the most modern anti-ship weapons, Gilmore said.

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