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Navy Tells Lockheed Martin to Address Issues With LCS Propulsion Systems, Program Management

Navy Tells Lockheed Martin to Address Issues With LCS Propulsion Systems, Program Management
USS Freedom (LCS-1) during a to Singapore in 2013. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy has directed Lockheed Martin [LMT] to fix a number of issues with the Freedom-variant of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the service disclosed Tuesday.The service put forward three Corrective Action Requests to the company last year and expects to wrap up all remaining action items from the currently open requests by the end of summer, said Naval Sea Systems Command spokesman Dale Eng in a statement.The first request on inadequate propulsion plant command and control, issued in May…

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