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Congress

HASC Subcommittee Agrees to Amendment Prohibiting LCS Downselect in FY ’17

Valerie Insinna

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

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HASC Subcommittee Agrees to Amendment Prohibiting LCS Downselect in FY ’17

The USS Coronado (LCS-4) (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee on Wednesday unanimously passed an amendment to their mark of the 2017 defense authorization bill that would prohibit the Navy from downselecting to a single builder of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) that fiscal year.The amendment, offered by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.), would prevent the Navy from using funds appropriated in fiscal 2017 to downselect to one vendor before the service transitions from the LCS to the frigate program.“This program was just…

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