By Geoff Fein Under the Navy's new Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) acquisition strategy, General Dynamics [GD] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are going to have to make tough decisions on what role that want to play, now that the service has said neither team can be both the shipbuilder and prime contractor for the program going forward. With the new request for proposal (RFP) to be issued this fall, the Navy will select a single provider and shipyard to build up…
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