Navy Announces Lockheed, GD as Winners of LCS Competition

By Malina Brown, Jason Ma / May 27, 2004 at 5:00 AM
The Navy announced today that teams led by Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics each won contracts for the hotly contested Littoral Combat Ship -- a small, fast ship that represents the Navy's shifting combat focus from the high seas to waters close to shore. A team led by Raytheon was also in the running but was not selected. Lockheed won a $47 million, seven-month contract and GD won a $79 million, 16-month contract for final system design, with options for...

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