The USS Independence (LCS 2), representing the design from LCS contender Austal USA, at Norfolk, Va., in late August. Austal is competing with Lockheed Martin to build more LCS ships. CHRISTOPHER P. CAVAS / STAFF Senate Subcommittee Votes To Cut LCS Buys -- Navy Times
A key Senate subcommittee voted Sept. 14 to cut top priority purchases by the Air Force and Navy in 2011 to help trim $8 billion from the 2011 defense spending bill.
The Senate defense appropriations subcommittee approved cutting Joint Strike Fighter production from 42 planes to 32, and to build just one Littoral Combat Ship, not two, in 2011.
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