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Navy Plans Four SSC LCACs Per Year, No More Backlog

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Navy Plans Four SSC LCACs Per Year, No More Backlog
The first four Textron Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)-100 class Ship to Shore Connectors delivered to the Navy. Top left: LCAC-100 delivered in February 2020; bottom left: LCAC-101 delivered in August 2020 arriving at NSWC Panama City in September 2020; top right: LCAC-102 during overland testing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; bottom right: LCAC-103 delivered in December 2021. (Image: Slide 6 of the Naval Sea Systems Command, PMS-317 briefing at Surface Navy Association 2022).

The Navy is planning to have four Ship to Shore Connectors (SSCs) delivered per year and is progressing through testing before initial capability planned for 2023. “We’re positioned very well where we’re going to be at four deliveries per year going forward. We think that’s achievable. We’ve had two deliveries each of the last two years. We’ve got a nice full production line now, so the pump is fully primed and now there’s not anything backing it up at the…

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