Littoral Combat Ships

Marinette Marine wins Navy contract

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI
Congress approved $1.02 billion for the Navy to purchase two littoral combat ships for fiscal-year 2009 that runs through September. The Navy has budgeted for three more of the ships - designed for use in shallow, coastal waters - in 2010 and has said ...

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InsideDefense (subscription), DC
Further, Gates endorsed the Navy's intention to buy three Littoral Combat Ship vessels in FY-10 and the Navy's goal of building a 55-ship LCS fleet. The secretary called the LCS a “key capability for presence, stability and counterinsurgency operations ...

Navy contract secures hundreds of jobs

UpperMichigansSource.com powerd by WLUC TV6, Michigan
Earlier this month, the corporation was awarded a Navy contract to build a Littoral Combat Ship or LCS....which averted nearly 300 workers being laid off. And this might not be the only ship building contract coming to Marinette Marine this year. ...

Marinette Marine yards busy, need more work

Green Bay Press Gazette, WI
The tug, which is being built for K-Sea Transportation, makes up a portion of the ongoing work at the yard that is gearing for the anticipated construction of another Littoral Combat Ship for the US Navy. While final details of the contract between the ...

Conspiracy ferry

Honolulu Weekly, HI
It also played a role in getting a contract for a Littoral Combat Ship prototype, a separate project to build up to 50 fast, aluminum warships at more than twice the price for each. The question is: was that the real purpose of building the Superferry? ...

Hawaii's top court torpedoes 'ferry from Hell'

San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
Austal USA, the company that built the Superferry, has joined General Electric to compete for a Pentagon contract to construct 55 Littoral Combat Ships. HSC declared itself "hugely disappointed" with the ruling and ceased operations on March 17. ...

Saudi Navy frigate programme, deadline for decision

Tactical Report (subscription), Lebanon
The Saudi Ministry of Defence and Aviation is said to have set a deadline to decide on the offers for the Saudi Navy frigate programme, notably the French offer for the FREMM-class frigate, Lockheed Martin’s offer for the Littoral Combat Ship LCS-1 and ...

US Navy studies slower but cheaper LCS ships

Reuters
By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under pressure to cut the cost of its Littoral Combat Ship program, the US Navy is studying whether to lower the required speed and swap out fuel-hogging propulsion systems, said a former senior Navy analyst ...
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