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Navy/USMC

Navy Weighs Acquisition, Competition Strategies For New, Upgraded LCS

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, December 12th, 2014

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Navy Weighs Acquisition, Competition Strategies For New, Upgraded LCS

An MH-60 Romeo flying near the USS Freedom (LCS-1). Photo: U.S. Navy

Now that the Navy has unveiled a plan to upgrade the Littoral Combat Ship hulls to make both variants more lethal and survivable, as demanded by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the service will shift toward working through the details to outline an acquisition strategy and identify areas for industry to compete for adding the new capabilities.Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert and Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley revealed the new plan on Thursday to complete the requirement for 52…

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