US Navy's eighth Independence-variant LCS christened

The US Navy's eighth Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) has been christened USS Montgomery (LCS 8) at Austal's mobile shipyard in Alabama, US.

The vessel, which is the second Independence-variant LCS being christened by Austral this year, is part of a $3.5bn navy contract to construct and deliver ten more LCSs to join USS Independence (LCS 2), which was commissioned in January 2010.

As part of the LCS programme, Austal has collaborated with General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems for the design, integration and testing of the vessel's electronic systems for combat, networks and seaframe control.

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