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Geurts Says More LCSs in FY ’20 Does Not Change FFG(X) Number

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018

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Geurts Says More LCSs in FY ’20 Does Not Change FFG(X) Number

An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter prepares to land on the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) off the coast of Southern California. Photo: U.S. Navy

The possibility that Congress may tell the Navy to procure additional Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) in FY ’19 is not changing the Navy’s plans for buying at least 20 future guided-missile frigates (FFG(X)), the Navy’s top weapons buyer said on Wednesday.“We have not changed our requirements for the frigate. Our intent is still a 20-ship minimum on the frigate,” James Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development & acquisition, told reporters following a morning keynote at Defense Daily’s…

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