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Navy Confident LCS Costs Are Controlled

Julie Samuel

Friday, October 21st, 2011

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The Navy admiral in charge of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program said he is confident costs are being controlled with future ships and structural glitches with initial vessels revealed earlier this year have been fully addressed. Rear Adm. James Murdoch, the LCS’s program executive officer, told reporters yesterday that as weapons programs are being scrutinized during budget-cutting talks, the closely watched littoral shipbuilding effort he is steering has wrung out unnecessary costs. “We’ve already taken that step...to get the…

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