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House Defense Authorization Bill Includes Language On LCS Data Rights

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Friday, July 31st, 2009

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By Geoff Fein Language added to the House-passed defense authorization bill would give the government the technical data rights for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) if either shipbuilder declined to build LCS for a specified price. General Dynamics [GD] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are separately building variants of LCS. Although the House language still needs to work its way through conference negotiations, if it were to survive, it would enable the government to open up competition to build LCS at…

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