Navy won't accept new Freedom-variant LCS until gear software fixed

By Justin Doubleday / January 23, 2017 at 2:43 PM
The Navy is refusing to accept a new Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship from contractor Lockheed Martin until a software glitch with the ship's high-speed propulsion gears is fixed, according to an official. The LCS Little Rock (LCS-9) has completed builder's trials, but the Navy will not commence acceptance trials and allow delivery of the ship until the fix is implemented to the ship's combining gears, according to Capt. Tom Anderson, program manager for LCS sea frames. "That's because we've gone...

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