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Textron Wins $386 Million Contract For 15 Ship-to-Shore Connectors

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Textron Wins $386 Million Contract For 15 Ship-to-Shore Connectors
Textron's first new Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) Landing Craft Air Cushion, LCAC-100. (Photo: Textron)

The Navy on Thursday awarded Textron [TXT] a $386 million modification to build 15 Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 100-class Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) vessels. The SSCs were developed to be a functional replacement of the Navy’s aging existing LCAC vehicles that are nearing the end of their service life. According to the award announcement, the SSC vessels main mission is landing “surface assault elements in support of operational maneuver from the sea at over-the-horizon distances while operating from amphibious ships…

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