The Navy would buy Littoral Combat Ships from both Austal USA and Lockheed Martin under a new proposal by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. Sens. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said Wednesday that the plan would have Austal make 10 of the ships in Mobile, more than doubling its workforce of 1,800. Lockheed’s 10 would be built in Wisconsin by Marinette Marine Corp. The deal, if approved by Congress, would replace an earlier plan by the Navy to pick one of the two competing ship designs. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, NNS, 11/04/10)
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Navy wants to split LCS contract
The Navy would buy Littoral Combat Ships from both Austal USA and Lockheed Martin under a new proposal by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. Sens. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said Wednesday that the plan would have Austal make 10 of the ships in Mobile, more than doubling its workforce of 1,800. Lockheed’s 10 would be built in Wisconsin by Marinette Marine Corp. The deal, if approved by Congress, would replace an earlier plan by the Navy to pick one of the two competing ship designs. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, NNS, 11/04/10)