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Sunday, December 05, 2010
Lockheed Martin-led Industry Team Launches Nation’s Third Littoral Combat Ship
The Lockheed Martin-led industry team today launched the nation’s third Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Fort Worth, at the Marinette Marine shipyard.
The 389-foot Fort Worth was launched into the Menominee River. Just prior to its launch, the ship’s sponsor, Congresswoman Kay Granger of Texas, christened Fort Worth with the traditional smashing of a champagne bottle across the ship’s bow.
“It is an incredibly rewarding experience to see Fort Worth launch into the water – on time and on budget,” said Orlando Carvalho, president of Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems and Sensors business. “The team’s strong performance and hard work in bringing Fort Worth to this point illustrates our ability to meet the Navy’s need for a class of affordable, multi-mission combatants.”
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"It is an incredibly rewarding experience to see Fort Worth launch into the water – on time and on budget,” said Orlando Carvalho." On who's time frame and who's budget? This is a program where each ship was supposed to cost about $200 million. Now each ship costs almost three times that. This whole program is horribly over budget and we now have a ship that may not even be suitable for the job it was created for. The Danish Absalon class may be more of what we are looking for in a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). This is spin, pure and simple, and this whole LCS program was a disaster from the beginning. Now we have an expensive frigate-sized warship that may be too big, too expensive, and may not have the range and endurance to do what it is supposed to do, which is to take the war to the enemy's shores.
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