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The Navy has stopped accepting delivery of Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) after finding a problem with the combining gear on the ships. The government investigated a “material defect with the combining gear” on the Freedom-variant LCSs, Navy spokesman Alan Baribeau told Defense Daily in a statement. The Freedom-variant ships are delivered by prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] and built largely by shipbuilding Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Wisconsin. Baribeau said a joint Navy and Lockheed Martin team with RENK AG,…
