The Navy announced Thursday that a fix to the combing gear issue that has been plaguing the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship was successfully tested on the Littoral Combat Ship Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS-21). The service announced in January it had stopped receipt of the Freedom-class LCS from shipbuilder Lockheed Martin after identifying a “material defect” with the ship’s combining gear, specifically the high-speed clutch bearings. The Navy accepted LCS-21 on Thursday after rigorous testing of the fixed combining gear, acting Navy...
