Navy's LCS dual-buy plan clears hurdle

Ai.com ^ | 12/3/2010 | Ai.com

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

The U.S. Navy’s plan to award lucrative shallow-water warship contracts to shipyards in both Mobile and Wisconsin cleared an important hurdle Thursday, military analysts said, when U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor introduced legislation to approve the purchases.

Analysts said the bill, which has been sent to the House Armed Services Committee, gives the dual-buy plan a clearer path to congressional approval before the Dec. 14 deadline imposed by the Navy.

If Congress signs off, Mobile’s Austal USA and a team led by Lockheed Martin Corp. will each get contracts to build 10 littoral combat ships, estimated to be worth about $5 billion each

[kennyboy509]

Preparation for war with Iran.

[Sursam Abordine]

Preparation for another procurement disaster of epic proportions. Going with two designs eliminates any economy of scale as systems are not interchangeable between the two. This is just the latest “stupid” in a long list. For my 2 cents they should have scrapped BOTH designs as they tried to make these ships all things to all people and succeeded at nothing.