Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
- Neue Suche nach: R. O'Rourke
- Neue Suche nach: R. O'Rourke
The Navy is procuring a new class of surface combatant called the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The first LCS was procured in FY2005, another three were procured in FY2006, and two more were procured in FY2007. Current Navy plans call for procuring three LCSs in FY2008, and then about six per year in FY2009- FY2016, for a planned total of 55 ships. The LCS is a small, fast surface combatant that uses modular plug-and-fight mission packages, including unmanned vehicles (UVs). The ship's mission orientation can be changed by changing out its mission packages. The basic version of the LCS, without any mission packages, is referred to as the LCS sea frame. The LCS's primary intended missions are countering enemy mines, submarines, and fast attack craft in littoral (near-shore) waters. Secondary missions include intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); maritime intercept; special operations forces (SOF) support; and logistics support for movement of personnel and supplies. The LCS is also mentioned in connection with the Navy's role in what the Bush Administration refers to as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
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Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
2006
16 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Marine Engineering , Naval vessels(Combatant) , Logistics support , Congress , Missions , Reconnaissance , Special operations forces , Unconventional warfare , Naval operations , Naval planning , Littoral zones , Lcs(Littoral combat ship) , Isr(Intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance) , Gwot(Global war on terrorism)