Recent tests on Lockheed Martin's Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship showed significant vulnerabilities in the ship's design, according to a report the Pentagon's top weapons tester recently sent to Congress. An at-sea test of the Fort Worth's (LCS-3) survivability conducted late last year in the Southern California operating area "highlighted the existence of significant vulnerabilities in the Freedom-class design," Director of Operational Test and Evaluation J. Michael Gilmore wrote in a report to Congress received May 15. The Total Ship Survivability...
