The Navy has made the long-awaited decision to reduce its Littoral Combat Ship mission package requirement by 20 units because of a determination made in 2014 that the service would purchase fewer ships, according to two reports viewed by Inside the Navy . The service will purchase 32 LCSs, down from the planned 52-ship buy, which in turn reduces the mission package requirement from 64 to 44. The quantity breakdown is 24 mine countermeasures mission packages, 10 surface warfare mission...
