Navy's Proposed Dual Award Acquisition Strategy for the Littoral Combat Ship Program

Abstract

The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is envisioned as a vessel able to be reconfigured to meet three different mission areas: mine countermeasures, surface warfare, and antisubmarine warfare. Its design concept consists of two distinct parts - the ship itself (seaframe) and the mission package it carries and deploys. The Navy is procuring the first four ships in two different designs from shipbuilding teams led by Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, which currently build their designs at Marinette Marine and Austal USA shipyards, respectively.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 08, 2010
Accession Number
ADA534377

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Procurement
  • Shipbuilding
  • Surface Warfare
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Websites

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  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security
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