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Monday, September 17, 2007

Legislative Setback for LCS

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to cancel the second of two advanced Navy combat ships – Litorral Combat Ships (LCS) – to be built by General Dynamics, the Washington Post reported.

Since its inception, the LCS program has been hailed as a major plank in the program to grow the U.S. Navy fleet from 275 to more than 300 ships, but the program has been beset in recent months as lawmakers and the military questioned rapidly escalating production costs.

General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin had each won contracts to build two prototype LCS, but the Navy in April canceled one prototype from Lockheed.

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