The Littoral Combat Ship contract award drama came to an end yesterday when the Navy awarded Lockheed Martin-Marinette Marine and Austal USA contracts to construct 10 more ships each between now and fiscal year 2015. The service was finally able to reveal the price data it has been dancing around for months as it tried to convince Congress to switch from a downselect strategy between the two bidders to a dual award. Lockheed was awarded almost $437 million for the...
