The House Armed Services Committee in its mark of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill is providing incremental funding authority for the dock landing ship replacement or the LPD-29. If the Navy decides to build LPD-29 the ship could act as a bridge to the LX(R) design, a move that would allow competition for the program, according to a committee majority staff member. The earliest the Navy could award a contract for LX(R) while still allowing for competition is...
