Navy's Options For Approval Of LCS Dual Buy Dwindle

By Cid Standifer / December 1, 2010 at 9:49 PM
The Navy's hope of a dual-buy strategy for the Littoral Combat Ship program isn't dead yet, despite the passage of a continuing resolution without it, according to the service. The Navy declared last month that it wants to change its acquisition strategy for LCS, buying 10 ships of each design proposed by the competing shipbuilders, Lockheed Martin-Marinette Marine and Austal USA. That marked a departure from the previous plan, which called for a downselect to one design and one shipbuilder...

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