
The Navy Secretary said on Tuesday the leaders of Fincantieri Marinette Marine should talk with the Navy about how their Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) variant can have a more competitive price.Richard Spencer suggested the get-together while responding to an LCS question from Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) at a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing.Marinette Marine builds the Freedom-variant LCS in Marinette, Wis., while Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., makes the Independence-variant.Last week a bipartisan group of Senators and Members of Congress…