
The Navy’s sixth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is one step closer to delivery after wrapping up acceptance trials on June 26.The service tested the performance of the USS Jackson (LCS-6), including ship handling and key systems like the propulsion plant, in a series of in-port and at-sea demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). Austal USA, which manufactures the Independence-class variant of the LCS in Mobile, Ala., will deliver LCS-6 later this summer, the service said in…