Purchasing two very different versions of the Littoral Combat Ship may increase operational costs.
That's because the global combat ship is so named because it's meant to be, well, global.
The Littoral Combat Ship was developed using an acquisition strategy that is just as unconventional as its design.
The global combat ship is being designed to appeal to foreign markets, where foreign navies can install weapons systems and other specification of their choice.
The secretary touts the advantages of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as a versatile ship that go places too shallow for the Navy's blue-water ships.
It's getting less clear by the day that the state of the public finances will be capable of big orders for the global combat ship as early as anticipated.
They lack the firepower to inflict any serious damage to an LCS (Littoral Combat Ship) or a carrier but they are perfect for slipping through and hitting a platform.
The Navy has gone back and forth for years about whether it should buy one version of the Littoral Combat Ship or two, driven mainly by changing estimates of what each vessel would cost.
Unlike the densely packed destroyers and cruisers that dominate the current warship inventory, much of the Littoral Combat Ship is empty space that can be reconfigured for whatever missions might arise today or tomorrow.
Marines have been deployed to the northern city of Darwin in Australia, a combat ship has arrived in Singapore and plans are unfolding for Army units that will rotate in and out of the region.
The basic idea behind the Littoral Combat Ship is to build a fast and survivable warship that can operate at much lower costs in the shallow-water areas near enemy coastlines where frigates traditionally have been used.
At the same time, we accelerated or increased weapons programs needed to confront real and growing threats -- the Joint Strike Fighter, the Littoral Combat Ship, and more helicopters and reconnaissance support for our troops at the front.
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Vern Clark, the service invented a smaller, cheaper warship called the Littoral Combat Ship that broke the mold on naval design and acquisition while potentially offering a warfighting system better suited to emerging threats than the legacy vessels already in the fleet.
The basic unit of action in FTL, along with lightspeed travel, is ship-to-ship combat.
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Deployed on non-combat evacuation missions to Benghazi, the ship transported more than 450 people to Malta.
The Arleigh Burke-class vessels are equipped with launch tubes for Tomahawk cruise missiles, Harpoon anti-ship missiles and gun placements for close combat.
Each of the department heads is an expert in one of the major ship departmental functions: Ship Operations, Intelligence, Propulsion, Engineering, Combat Systems, Supply, Air Operations, Aircraft Maintenance, Safety, Training, Navigation, Religious Ministries and Medical.
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Maintenance required for the ship, and the training required to keep the crew combat ready, are also essential considerations that have been studied and refined over the history of aircraft carrier operations.
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Already the military services have curtailed flight and combat training for many units, grounded some Air Force squadrons and delayed or canceled some ship deployments.
Though primarily a helicopter carrier, at least one Iwo Jima-class ship was qualified to operate the American version of the Sea Harrier, according to the 1982 edition of Combat Fleets of the World.
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