
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- The Navy is set to test a fix to the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) engine next month, but currently deployed ships may have to wait years for the fix. In January, the Navy stopped accepting delivery of the variant due to a material defect in the combining gear and would only resume once a fix was installed and tested on ships following land-based testing (Defense Daily, Jan. 22). Speaking at a briefing during the Navy…