A top Navy official defended the service's contracting approach on the Littoral Combat Ship this week, after the Government Accountability Office and a lawmaker criticized the share of costs the Pentagon pays for defects and overruns. During a Dec. 8 House Armed Services oversight and investigations subcommittee hearing , Ranking Member Jackie Speier (D-CA) criticized the Navy for not holding shipbuilders accountable for defects discovered on LCSs after they're delivered. Five LCSs have experienced engineering casualties over the past year,...
