{"id":1288,"date":"2017-06-24T19:33:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T16:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2017-06-30T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T16:51:08","slug":"pentagon-awards-over-half-a-billion-dollars-to-build-new-littoral-combat-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1288","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Awards Over Half a Billion Dollars to Build New Littoral Combat Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1289\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?attachment_id=1289\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1289\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1289\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1289\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/US-Navy-New-Littoral-Combat-Ship-25-06-2017.jpg\" alt=\"New Littoral Combat Ship\" width=\"1000\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/US-Navy-New-Littoral-Combat-Ship-25-06-2017.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/US-Navy-New-Littoral-Combat-Ship-25-06-2017-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/US-Navy-New-Littoral-Combat-Ship-25-06-2017-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>US Navy New Littoral Combat Ship (Photo by \u00a9 United States Navy \/ Paul Farley)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"b-article__lead\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The Pentagon announced on Friday it had awarded over half a billion dollars contract to build a new littoral combat ship for the US military.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"b-article__text\">\n<p>Austal USA is being awarded a more than $584-million contract to\u00a0build a new littoral combat ship (LCS), the US Department of\u00a0Defense announced in\u00a0a press release<\/p>\n<p class=\"marker-quote1\">&#8220;Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, is being awarded a not-to-exceed Congressional cost cap of $584,200,000 contract for\u00a0the construction of\u00a0a littoral combat ship, to\u00a0include associated LCS class services and related material, and integrated data environment support,&#8221; the release said on\u00a0Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Defense Department explained the contract also includes options for\u00a0the construction of\u00a0additional LCS post-delivery support.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b-inject m-inject-min\">\n<div class=\"b-inject__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3)\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn3.img.sputniknews.com\/images\/103400\/77\/1034007739.jpg\" alt=\"Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3)\" width=\"705\" height=\"375\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"b-inject__copy\">\u00a9 AFP 2017\/ Antonio Turretto Ramos<\/div>\n<div class=\"b-inject__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/us\/201704251052961641-general-dynamics-littoral-combat-ship-contract\/\">General Dynamics Wins US Navy Littoral Combat Ship Support Contract<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>LCS warships come in\u00a0two variants: Independence-class and Freedom-class. The Austal USA is an Independence ships LCS and has a larger flight deck and hanger than\u00a0the Freedom-class vessels.The two variants are designed anticipating increasing threats from\u00a0coastal mines, diesel submarines, pirates and small fast attack boats of\u00a0the type the Iranians employ, according to\u00a0published reports.<\/p>\n<p>The warships are expected to\u00a0serve as\u00a0communications nodes transmitting data to\u00a0and from\u00a0aircraft, ships, submarines and combat units ashore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: Washington \/ SPUTNIK By Military &amp; Intelligence News (sputniknews.com) &#8211; 24 June 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon announced on Friday it had awarded over half a billion dollars contract to build a new littoral combat ship for the US military. 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