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Navy LCS Procurement Plan Does Not Justify F136 Engine Case, Mabus Says

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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

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By Carlo Munoz The decision by the Navy to issue dual contract awards for its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program is not an argument for buying a second engine for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), service secretary Ray Mabus told Congress yesterday. Mabus' comments during yesterday's House Armed Services Committee on the Navy's Fiscal Year 2012 budget request were in response to assertions made by committee member Rep. Rob Andrews (D-N.J). Andrews argued that the same reasons Navy officials opted…

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