
The Navy accepted delivery of the next Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 106 on Thursday. This came after the vessel completed acceptance trials with the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) that tested its readiness and capability and validated requirements. Textron Systems [TXT] is in serial production of LCACs 10-5 - 116 at its New Orleans shipyard with 11 more currently in production, the Navy said. The SSCs are designed to replace the legacy LCAC-01 class,…