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Navy/USMC

Report on LCS 5 Casualty Upcoming in Weeks Ahead

Valerie Insinna

Friday, January 29th, 2016

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Report on LCS 5 Casualty Upcoming in Weeks Ahead

An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter prepares to land on the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) off the coast of Southern California. Photo: U.S. Navy

The Navy is wrapping up its investigation into the root cause of a combing gear casualty that led the USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) to be sidelined in December, and a report detailing its findings could be published within a matter of weeks, a Lockheed Martin [LMT] official told reporters Thursday.Less than a month after the commissioning of the Milwaukee, its crew discovered metallic debris in the port and starboard combining gear filter systems, and the ship lost pressure and had to…

Congress

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Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

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Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

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Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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