By Geoff Fein While the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has garnered much of the attention of lawmakers and defense analysts since cost overruns have plagued the program, the chief component of the ship, the three different mission packages, remain on schedule, as Northrop Grumman [NOC] continues to roll out the first set of packages in FY '08, a company official said. In September '07, Northrop Grumman delivered the first mine warfare (MIW) mission package to the Navy. Last week the…
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