
The Navy accepted delivery of the second Textron Systems [TXT] Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)-101 on Aug. 27, service said Aug. 28. The delivery came after LCAC-101 previously completed acceptance trials in June (Defense Daily, June 16). LCAC-101 is the first operational SSC unit. The SSC program plans to replace the Navy’s current fleet of LCACs reaching the end of their service lives. The New LCAC-100 class vessels are designed to operate for 30 years as they…