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Navy/USMC

NAVSEA: LCS Modules Move From Chalkboard To Testing

Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

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NAVSEA: LCS Modules Move From Chalkboard To Testing

The Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Billings (LCS-15) conducting acceptance trials in Lake Michigan. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

A Navy official on Tuesday proclaimed the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules (MM) have transitioned from “chalkboard into test” mode. Mission Modules program manager Capt. Ted Zobel said the LCS mission modules development is in a good place during the annual Surface Navy Association symposium in Arlington, Va. The Navy is developing three kinds of LCS mission packages (MPs) each containing several mission modules: surface warfare (SUW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and mine countermeasures (MCM). Zobel noted the SUW MP has…

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