Austal 1 LCS, LM/Navy negotiating

Navy awards 1 LCS to Austal The Navy awarded Austal USA shipyard of Mobile, Ala., up to $584.2 million for one Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) on June 23, while it negotiates with Lockheed Martin (Marinette, Wis., Marine) for a second, and weighing its options for a third. It’s been a confusing year for the LCS program. The contract covers LCS-28, and the Lockheed Martin ship would be LCS-27, putting the two shipbuilders even in terms of workload. The third ship in 2017 presents some options for the Navy in terms of how the service will decide who gets the award. (Source: USNI News 06/26/17)