Who Will Be Building The U.S. Navy's LCS Ships?

Lockheed Martin's USS Freedom

Navy Poised To Pick Builder Of New Littoral Combat Ship This Summer -- Washington Post

The Navy plans to pick a winner this summer in the contest to build a new high-speed warship that can prowl close to shorelines, a vital part of future military strategy. But whether the service can live up to its promises to build an inexpensive ship that can do a variety of missions remains a big question, defense industry analysts and congressional leaders say.

Two companies -- Lockheed Martin of Bethesda and Austal USA of Mobile, Ala. -- are competing for the contract to build what is known as the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), a deal that could be worth as much as $28 billion over several decades. The ship is meant to be smaller, cheaper and more versatile than the Navy's fleet of aircraft carriers and destroyers, and it is seen as crucial to the Navy's plans to increase its fleet to 313 ships. Last week, the House agreed to spend about $1.5 billion in its defense authorization bill on building the LCS.

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