The Navy plans to enhance the weapons, sensors and armor of its Littoral Combat Ship in answer to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's call for a more lethal and survivable small surface combatant, senior Navy officials told reporters late Thursday. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert and Sean Stackley, the service's top acquisition official, laid out the Pentagon's much-anticipated decision on the future of the LCS program during a roundtable with reporters at the Pentagon. The decision on the new...
