GAO Looks Askance At LCS Dual Buy (Updated)

By Cid Standifer / December 8, 2010 at 9:26 PM
(Editor's note: This story has been revised to reflect the fact that the Government Accountability Office reported that net savings from the dual-buy approach would be offset by $295 million in increased total ownership costs -- not that the savings would total $295 million.) The Government Accountability Office has greeted the Navy's new dual-buy strategy for the Littoral Combat Ship with a healthy degree of skepticism, according to a report released today. The Navy says its plan to purchase...

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