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Navy’s LCS Mission Modules, IDECM Breach Nunn-McCurdy

Navy’s LCS Mission Modules, IDECM Breach Nunn-McCurdy
An MH-60 Romeo flying near the USS Freedom (LCS-1). Photo: U.S. Navy

Two Navy programs have significant and critical Nunn-McCurdy cost breaches, the Defense Department said in its annual Selected Acquisition Reports (SAR) covering 2017.The SAR, released late Tuesday, reported the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules (MM) program had a significant program acquisition unit cost breach against the acquisition program baseline (APB) of 16.6 percent because the Navy cut the procurement number from 64 to 48 Mission Packages (MP).This reduction of 16 units increased the average MP cost.The 48 MPs will…

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