Navy building LCSs at more than 20 percent under congressional cost cap

By Justin Katz / December 17, 2018 at 2:54 PM
(Editor's Note: This is story has been edited to reflect the congressional cost caps for both variants of the Littoral Combat Ships before and after adjusting for inflation.) The actual execution costs for the Navy's most recently delivered Littoral Combat Ships are more than 20 percent below the congressional cost cap, according to a service spokesman. The congressional cost cap per vessel for both LCS variants is $480 million fiscal year 2010 dollars, which, after adjusted for inflation is...

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