A recently declassified report prepared by government auditors recommends Congress restrict funding on the Navy's buy of Littoral Combat Ships in fiscal year 2016 until it submits several reports on the program, a move congressional authorizers ultimately took up in recent legislation. The report , released to the public Dec. 18, was originally issued by the Government Accountability Office in July. The document largely condemns the LCS program, opening with the statement that six years after the lead ships were...
