Navy Pushes Back Against GAO Criticism Of Littoral Combat Ship

By Cid Standifer / September 3, 2010 at 9:44 PM
The Navy is pushing back against a Government Accountability Office report issued last week saying the Littoral Combat Ship's anti-submarine warfare package will not add significant capability to the fleet and criticizing the early deployment of LCS-1 and LCS-2. The ASW mission package was slated to contain a multifunction towed array, a remotely towed active source, a multistatic off-board source, the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle and an unmanned surface vehicle with a dipping sonar and a towed array system. The Navy...

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