General Dynamics Awarded Contract for Additional Trimaran Littoral Combat Ship

The U.S. Navy today awarded a contract to a Bath Iron Works-led team for the construction of Coronado (LCS 4), the second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to feature an innovative, high-speed trimaran hull.

The 419-foot surface combatant ship, equipped with open architecture-based combat systems and computing environment developed by General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, will be manufactured by Austal USA in Mobile, Ala.

It is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in May 2012. Bath Iron Works is a subsidiary of General Dynamics.

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