
Modified Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) with more firepower and a design based on the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter were among the concepts passed along to the Navy on Thursday as the service seeks information intended to guide its requirements for a small surface combatant. Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Austal USA, firms that provide separate variants of the LCS to the Navy, submitted a response by Thursday’s deadline to the requests for information (RFIs). They included improved versions of…