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Navy/USMC

Spencer: Marinette Should Talk With Navy About How Its LCS Price Can Get More Competitive

Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

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Spencer: Marinette Should Talk With Navy About How Its LCS Price Can Get More Competitive

An MH-60 Romeo flying near the USS Freedom (LCS-1). Photo: U.S. Navy

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…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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