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Amendment to Curb LCS Program Withdrawn at HASC Defense Authorization Bill Markup

Valerie Insinna
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Amendment to Curb LCS Program Withdrawn at HASC Defense Authorization Bill Markup
An MH-60 Romeo flying near the USS Freedom (LCS-1). Photo: U.S. Navy

A potential fight among lawmakers over the future of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program was over before it began after Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) announced on Wednesday that she planned to withdraw her amendment to the 2017 defense authorization bill that supported a truncated LCS program.The amendment would have ordered the defense secretary to ensure that production of the LCS was capped at 40 and that all ships produced after fiscal year 2019 would be manufactured by a single…

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