Deployment of mine countermeasures package marks a 'generational change'

By Abby Shepherd / January 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Rollout of the mine countermeasures mission package on the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship remains on track for later this fiscal year, a Navy official confirmed this week. The deployment of the MCM mission package marks a “generational change,” Capt. JJ Murawski, program manager for the small combatant and expeditionary modernization and sustainment office, said Thursday at the Surface Navy Association’s conference. “Both LCS variants -- you're going to see the Navy significantly investing in increasing the value and survivability of...

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