By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin's [LMT] second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-3) has reached the 50-percent completion mark, 15 months since contract award, a company official said. "To be at the 50 percent point, we are pleased to be able to get there so quickly," Paul Lemmo, business development director for Lockheed Martin, told Defense Daily earlier this week. "And, also being on cost and on schedule at the 50 percent complete mark is certainly an accomplishment on our second ship."…
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