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New Combined Littoral Ship PEO Established

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

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The Navy officially established a new combined program executive office (PEO) for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program yesterday, with Rear Adm. James Murdoch as its program executive officer and Anne Sandel as its executive director. The ship effort previously operated under two such offices, PEO Ships for the seaframes and PEO Littoral and Mine Warfare for the mission modules that are swapped in and out of the different hulls. The littoral and mine-warfare office was disestablished after its LCS functions…

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