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Navy rethinks plans to purchase cutting-edge warship
The ships are supposed to be able to sail in shallow water and ward off various threats from submarines to pirates.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , USS Freedom , Navy , Federal Drive
Navy works on unmanned, undersea vehicles
Capt. Duane Ashton, the program manager for unmanned systems in the Navy's program executive office for Littoral Combat Ships. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the new device and how it furthers Navy's trend toward using more unmanned vessels.
Tags: acquisition , contracting , industry , Duane Ashton , DoD , Navy , General Dynamics , Federal Drive
Navy explains split LCS contract
Lockheed Martin and Austal Limited will each build ten ships. Rear Admiral David Lewis, the Navy's Program Executive Officer for Ships, explains why that was necessary.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Navy , LCS , David Lewis
Lockheed: Littoral ships built to be flexible
The Navy awarded two different companies two separate contracts to build the same ship. Lockheed Martin's Vice President of Business Development of Lockheed Martin's Mission Systems and Sensors business explains the science behind their ship
Tags: Federal Drive , Defense , DoD Report , Navy , Lockheed Martin , Austal USA , Paul Lemmo
Navy delays Littoral contract
The Navy has delayed awarding a contract to build 20 Littoral Combat ships.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Navy , contracting , Lockheed Martin , Austal USA , procurement
Navy asks Congress for both LCS designs
Rival teams from Lockheed Martin and Austal USA have been waiting all year to see which of their designs would be chosen for the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) competition. Now, if the Navy gets permission from the lame-duck Congress, the winner could be: both.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Defense , DoD , Navy , LCS , contracting , Lockheed Martin , Austal USA ,
Navy finds value engineering at sea
We continue our series on the Defense Value Engineering Achievement Awards with a look at Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules with program manager, Capt. Michael Good.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , best practices , value engineering , DoD , Defense , contracting , innovation , Michael Good , Navy
