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DRS Technologies Hoping LCS Downselect Provokes Second Look at Company’s 76mm Gun

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DRS Technologies Hoping LCS Downselect Provokes Second Look at Company’s 76mm Gun
The OTO Melara 76mm gun. Photo: Finmeccanica

Leonardo’s DRS Technologies is reviving its call for the Navy to incorporate the OTO Melara 76mm Super Rapid Gun on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).The pitch isn’t exactly new—the company has been proposing a shift to the 76mm gun since 2014, when former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel charged a task force with helming recommendations that would turn the LCS into a more lethal small surface combatant.Ultimately, the Navy opted to stick with its current 57mm gun and increase the ship’s…

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