Available for download Navy Littoral Combat Ship Program

Book Details:

• Author: Elisabet A. Jenkins
• Published Date: 23 Nov 2011
• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
• Original Languages: English
• Book Format: Hardback::165 pages, ePub
• ISBN10: 1613241062
• ISBN13: 9781613241066
• Dimension: 155x 230x 12.7mm::420g
Download: Navy Littoral Combat Ship Program

Available for download Navy Littoral Combat Ship Program. Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Congressional Research Service 2 The LCS in Brief The LCS program was announced on November 1, 2001.2 The LCS is a relatively inexpensive Navy surface combatant that is to be equipped with modular “plug-and-fight” mission packages, including unmanned vehicles (UVs). Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Congressional Research Service Summary The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a relatively inexpensive Navy surface combatant equipped with modular “plug-and-fight” mission packages for countering mines, small boats, and diesel- The U.S. Navy has unveiled plans to retire the first four Littoral Combat Ships, the youngest of which is only six years old. The LCS program has been problematic for more than a decade, with the A superstitious person might be forgiven for thinking the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ship (LCS) program, and in particular, the USS Montgomery, an Independence-Class ship, is the victim of a poltergeist. The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program provides a step--step case study in acquisition failures and the costs and risks of unacceptable levels of concurrency. Moreover, it shows how Congress repeatedly failed to intervene despite warnings from independent analysists and wat I have worked as a Naval Architect for the parent company that designed the “Independence” class ships, and whose subsidiary builds them in Alabama. Disclaimer: I did not personally have anything to do with these vessels. Their design was complete Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program Congressional Research Service 1 Introduction The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a relatively inexpensive Navy surface combatant equipped with modular “plug-and-fight” mission packages. The basic version of the LCS, without any … Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Congressional Research Service RL33741 VERSION 237 UPDATED 1 Introduction This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navy’s Littoral The Littoral Combat Ship would be designed as a focused-mission, modular, surface combatant smaller than a FFG but larger and more capable than a PC or MCM ship. LCS was envisioned to be an independently deployable, theater-based ship, capable of changing primary missions through modular Mission Package. On January 15, the U.S. Navy exercised a contract option with Lockheed Martin Corporation to purchase one Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), completing the acquisition strategy for fiscal year 2019 as authorized and appropriated Congress. The ship is, The Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship is a resilient flexible warship, designed from the keel up to affordably take on new capabilities – from the most advanced sensors, to the latest missiles, to cutting-edge cyber systems. Inspired successful experiments like Denmark’s Standard Flex ships, the US Navy’s $35+ billion “Littoral Combat Ship” program was intended to create a new generation of affordable surface combatants that could operate in dangerous shallow and near-shore environments, while remaining affordable and capable throughout their lifetimes. On February 24, 2014, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced that the Department of Defense (DOD) intends to truncate the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program to 32 ships— a reduction of 20 ships from the previously planned total of 52 LCSs. Through FY2014, a … Navy Littoral Combat Ship Will Soon Be Armed With A Laser Weapon System The USS Little Rock is poised to become the third active Navy ship to be equipped with a new laser weapon. Policy — Littoral failure: Navy hedges bets on high-tech littoral combat ships DoD looks for alternatives to modular ship that are less likely to be cannon fodder. I’ve directed the Navy to consider a completely new design, existing ship designs, and a modified LCS.” Following Hagel’s February 24, 2014, announcement, the Navy began an internal study of options for small surface combatants (SSCs) to be procured following the 32 LCSs. The Navy states that study was completed on July 31, 2014, as required. The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program began in 2002 with the U.S. Navy's pursuit of a new class of small and stealthy ships for multi-mission support. The LCS is envisioned to be a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the littorals. From its inception, the Littoral Combat Ship, or LCS, has been one of the Navy’s most controversial procurement programs.Questions have been … The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship: A Beautiful Disaster? It’s the other way around with the littoral combat ship (LCS), a program that has fulfilled little if any of its early promise yet could provide value in the future if put to creative tactical use. Development continues on new ships and weapons, including the and the Littoral combat ship. FFG(X) is the notional designation of a class of multimission guided-missile frigates for the United States Navy, to be contracted from 2020, as a follow-on to the modular Littoral Combat Ship. SeaRAM, a RAM launcher variant equipped with independent sensors derived from the Vulcan Phalanx CIWS, is The Independence, a Navy warship designed for near shore operations, rolled off the production line at Austal's shipyard in Mobile. MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Austal CEO Bob Browning said the Littoral Combat Ship, or LCS, took 27 months to build. It entered the water Saturday night for testing and will be christened at a ceremony later this year. Navy releases requirements for new guided-missile frigate, effectively turning its back on the troubled, decade-long Littoral Combat Ship program. Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress Congressional Research Service Summary The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate program is a program to Information about the Freedom Class and Independence Class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and the new Frigate (FF) program, including armament/ship self-defense, key contractors, engines, forecast, U.S. Defense budget, procurement, RDT&E and much more. It was a tour that highlight both the ugly past dogging the littoral combat ship program and its tantalizing promise. — 2034 the Navy expects to still man 34 littoral combat ships. The Navy Basically Just Admitted That The Littoral Combat Ship Is A Floating Garbage Pile. After 16 years and billions of dollars, the Navy may have finally acknowledged that its Littoral Combat Navy Says Upgrading Older Littoral Combat Ships Just of the litany of problems the LCS program has suffered,asia-pacific, lcs, littoral combat ship, Naval Strike Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress: Ronald O'Rourke: Libros. Saltar al contenido principal. Prueba Prime Hola, Identifícate Cuenta y Listas Identifícate Cuenta y Listas Devoluciones y Pedidos Prueba Prime Carrito Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress Congressional Research Service 1 Introduction This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate program, a program to procure a …

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