The president of one of the shipbuilders on the embattled Littoral Combat Ship program is hoping lawmakers will reverse cuts ordered by Defense Secretary Ashton Carter late last year and restore plans to build 52 ships. Craig Perciavalle, president of Austal USA, said Carter's Dec. 2015 decision to reduce the LCS buy to 40 ships hasn't changed his company's approach to the program. He said Austal is focused on what it can control -- building the ships. The company has...
