The Navy last week rolled out its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) mission package for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). This first LCS ASW package adds to other, already-developed LCS packages that includes such systems as the MK 46 30mm gun and the Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) rocket system demonstrated earlier this summer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Dahlgren, Va. The ASW package will be trucked to Newport, R.I., where it will undergo trial testing in late March or April. Later tests…
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