Concerned about the prospect of combatants firing rockets at the Navy's new afloat forward staging base in the Arabian Gulf, the service is asking industry for help in protecting the Ponce (LPD-15) and could award a contract as early as this week. The Navy sent the amphibious ship -- now an interim afloat forward staging base -- from Norfolk, VA, on June 1 to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in order to address a long-standing need from CENTCOM...
