The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ships USS Freedom, rear, and USS Independence maneuver during an exercise off the coast of Southern California. Whatever the future holds for the LCS program, it's becoming less likely the service will continue to buy both variants after 2015. (U.S. Navy)
U.S. Navy Weighs Halving LCS Order -- Defense News
WASHINGTON — Whatever the future holds for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, it’s becoming less likely the service will continue to buy both variants after 2015.
The successor may either be the Freedom-class or Independence-class designs now being built, an up-gunned, multimission variant of the current ships, or a completely different type of ship, according to senior Navy officials familiar with high-level thinking.
The up-gunned, multimission variant would perhaps be similar to the “international” versions that both builders have developed to entice foreign customers.
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Update: Report: Navy considers cutting LCS fleet in half -- DoD Buzz
My Comment: Another casualty of the U.S. defense budget cuts.
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Cuts? Yeah, right. There's enough slop money in DoD to fund a whole 'nother military. Cuts, indeed.
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