Search This Blog

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Buying Two Littoral Combat Ship Designs Saves the Navy $600 Million, Official Says

USS Freedom (LCS-1)USS Independence (LCS-2)
Under the plan, both Lockheed Martin and Austal USA will build Littoral Combat Ships.
Six hundred million dollars — that’s how much the Navy is saving over the next five years by buying two competing versions of the littoral combat ship, a senior official said Jan. 11 at the Surface Navy Association annual symposium in Arlington, Va.

“This is a good deal. It is the right thing to do,” said Rear Adm. Frank C. Pandolfe, director of the Navy’s surface warfare division. “That allows you to buy an extra LCS without raising the budget and to put additional monies to other programs that need it,” he added.

The littoral combat ship is the Navy’s newest warship. The service intends to buy a fleet of 55 LCS that can sail close to shore and carry mission packages to accomplish operations in anti-surface, anti-submarine, and counter mine warfare.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.