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Sen. McCain Urges Navy To Expand Competition For Future Frigate

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

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Sen. McCain Urges Navy To Expand Competition For Future Frigate

German F125 Frigate Image: Cassidian

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged the Navy Feb. 28 to open its Future Frigate program to more competition to ensure it gets the most capable ship possible.The Navy plans to base the frigate on one of two existing Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) variants: the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Freedom or Austal USA Independence. But Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants the service to consider more designs, both American and foreign. While Navy officials have praised LCS’s performance, McCain…

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