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Navy/USMC

GAO Says Cost On LCS Mission Modules Could Rise

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, March 29th, 2013

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The Navy risks encountering cost increases on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program because it’s buying systems for the class’s mission modules that are not fully developed and have “significant” performance problems, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report released Thursday. The GAO examined the LCS program in a broader report focused on the Pentagon's largest acquisition programs, including the mine countermeasures (MCM), surface warfare (SUW) and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) mission modules for the ships designed for close-to-shore…

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