Navy officials last week previewed an acquisition framework for the modified Littoral Combat Ship that is due to the defense secretary May 1, a document that appears to fall far short of the mandate the Pentagon sketched out late last year. In December, then-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel directed the Navy to provide by May an acquisition strategy to support design and procurement of the modified LCS, since re-designated a frigate. The ships will be procured starting no later than fiscal...
