Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Characteristics Task Force
Abstract
In December 2001, the Navy Staff's Director, Surface Warfare (N76), requested the Naval War College's assistance in defining the characteristics that should be used and the technology opportunities available when constructing a littoral combat ship (LCS), the smallest member of a new family of ships being developed by the Navy. The tasking was driven by an ambitious schedule that precluded a zero-based study; therefore, the Naval War College assembled a multi-disciplinary team of subject matter experts to examine current and proposed programs from which they gleaned the most promising ideas. The process began with a core group that met in Newport, RI, in March 2002. This group approved characteristic guidelines and constraints and selected primary and secondary missions that littoral combat ship variants should perform. The initial workshop was followed by a series of workshops that drilled more deeply into the characteristics that the LCS should possess for each mission area. An integration effort took the data gleaned from these workshops and merged them into options presented in a draft report. A final LCS characteristics integration workshop was held 26-27 June 2002 during which the draft report was reviewed and options refined. Results of that workshop are incorporated into this report.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 31, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA433152
Entities
People
- Bradd C. Hayes
- Carl Carlson
- Gregg Hoffman
- Hank Kamradt
Organizations
- Naval War College