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Navy Releases RFP For LCS and LUSV Combat System Integration And Testing

Wednesday, May 27th, 2020

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Navy Releases RFP For LCS and LUSV Combat System Integration And Testing

Thyssenkrupp rendering of their Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) offering at the Surface Navy Association Symposium in January 2020. (Photo: Richard Abott)

The Navy issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on May 22 for Combat System (CS) Ship Integration and Test (SI&T) for Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LUSV). The LCS and LUSV combined are under the Small Surface Combatant program. The RFP, posted to beta.sam.gov, said the offered work covers fiscal years 2021 to 2031 and covers lethality and survivability upgrades to both the Freedom and Independence-variant of the LCS after ship delivery and all combat systems…

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