Littoral Combat Ship

(AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)The new USS Little Rock arrives at Buffalo harbor with a police and fireboat escort, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Buffalo, N.Y. The littoral combat ship will be docked on the Lake Erie waterfront until its commissioning Dec. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thhompson)

Littoral combat ship program struggles to push forward

The Navy’s littoral combat ship program has never lived up to its promise. Although it scaled back, the Navy still plans to field 35 of the ships, but…

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Navy can’t build fast enough to reach 355 in time. So how will it get there?

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(AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)The new USS Little Rock arrives at Buffalo harbor with a police and fireboat escort, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Buffalo, N.Y. The littoral combat ship will be docked on the Lake Erie waterfront until its commissioning Dec. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thhompson)

Navy is missing opportunities with the Littoral Combat Ship

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Jerry Hendrix, Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, CNAS

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Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow of Strategic Studies, CSBA

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Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.Y.)

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Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy

The Littoral Combat Ship program is struggling to stay afloat financially. But Congress has another concern. The ships themselves might be easy to sink….

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Lou Crenshaw, Owner, Crenshaw Consulting Associates

Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of Naval Operations, is creating a task force to draw up recommendations for alternatives to the Littoral Combat Ship. That…

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Navy rethinks plans to purchase cutting-edge warship

The ships are supposed to be able to sail in shallow water and ward off various threats from submarines to pirates.

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