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Lawmakers Worry LCS Yards Are Being Left In The Lurch

Wednesday, March 21st, 2018

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Lawmakers Worry LCS Yards Are Being Left In The Lurch

The future USS Tulsa (LCS-16) Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship is launched in Mobile, Ala. in March 2016. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Lawmakers from districts with Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) shipyards are increasingly worried about the Navy’s request to procure only one vessel in the FY ’19 budget, but Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said he is looking at ways to shore up the industrial base.Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) told Spencer at a hearing on Tuesday that the service’s “acquisition plan for small surface combatants fails to provide for an enduring industrial base. In fact, it will erode the industrial base for those…

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