This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navys Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate program, a program to procure a large number of LCSs and modified LCSs. The modified LCSs are to be referred to as frigates. The Navys execution of the program has been a matter of congressional oversight attention for several years. The program presents several oversight issues for Congress. Congresss decisions on the LCS/Frigate program will affect Navy capabilities and funding requirements, and the shipbuilding industrial base.
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress
2016
68 pages
Report
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Englisch
Logistics, Military Facilities, & Supplies , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Business & Economics , Naval vessels (combatant) , Littoral combat ships , Frigates , Naval procurement , Costs , Ship design , Shipbuilding , Contracts , Combat readiness , Operational effectiveness , Survivability , Lethality