
The Navy said its Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) program breached the Nunn-McCurdy acquisition threshold due to increasing costs, but noted it is not critical and production will continue. The SSC consists of the Textron Systems [TXT] Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)-100 class vessels that are meant to replace the Navy’s current fleet of LCACs reaching the end of their service lives. The new SSCs are designed to operate for 30 years and transport 60 to 70 tons of surface force weapons…