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LCS-27 Designed To Receive Naval Strike Missile, Lockheed Working To Backfit Older Models

Friday, November 16th, 2018

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LCS-27 Designed To Receive Naval Strike Missile, Lockheed Working To Backfit Older Models

The Navy's test of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) on a Littoral Combat Ship in 2018. (Photo: US Navy)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Lockheed Martin [LMT] designed the future Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Nantucket (LCS-27) as the first LCS to receive the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) and it is also working to equip in-service ships with the weapon.Joe DePietro, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of Small Combatants and Ship Systems, told reporters last Thursday about its preparations to host the NSM ahead of the commissioning of the future USS Sioux City (LCS-11) here on Saturday, Nov. 17.Lockheed Martin is the…

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