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On Capitol Hill, OSD and Navy Officials at Odds Over LCS

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, February 25th, 2016

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On Capitol Hill, OSD and Navy Officials at Odds Over LCS

The USS Independence (LCS-2). (Photo: U.S. Navy(

During hearings on the budget held Thursday on Capitol Hill, top Defense Department officials revealed a stark difference of opinion over the direction of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, which was slashed from 52 to 40 ships in the fiscal year 2017 budget request.Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told House appropriators Thursday afternoon that the decision to move to 40 ships—which was dictated to the service through a December memo written by Carter—was driven by longterm national security considerations.But in…

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