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Navy Pushes LSC Back Again To Late 2020s

Wednesday, January 15th, 2020

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Navy Pushes LSC Back Again To Late 2020s

Artist rendering of the first Flight III DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125). (Image: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

A Navy official said the service is pushing back acquiring the future Large Surface Combatant (LSC) again to the late 2020s. Officials had previously said they hoped to have the LSC on contract by as early as 2023, but now Director of Surface Warfare (N96) Rear Adm. Gene Black said he think the Navy will not buy a vessel until the late 2020s as it moves in a more measured pace on technology development. “I think we will probably buy…

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