Lockheed Martin Awarded $78.5 Million Contract Modification for Navy Littoral Combat Ship Evaluation
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $78,530,376 сoѕt-plus-fixed-fee modification to Navy Contract N00024-18-C-2300. This contract is for evaluating the progress of the Littoral Combat Ship program. The work will be conducted in Hampton, Virginia; Moorestown, New Jersey; Washington, D.C.; and Marinette, Wisconsin, with an expected completion date of October 2021. Fiscal 2015 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $13,148,817 will be obligated at the time of the award and will not exрігe at the end of the current fiscal year. The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
The Freedom class is one of two classes of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy. Developed by a consortium led by Lockheed Martin as the “prime contractor” and Fincantieri through the subsidiary Marinette Marine (manufacturer), it features a semi-planing steel monohull with an aluminum superstructure. The Freedom class is 377 feet (115 meters) in length, displaces 3,500 metric tons (3,400 long tons), and can achieve speeds of 47 knots (87 km/h; 54 mph).
Lockheed Martin Freedom class (Littoral combat ship)
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The Fast-class unmanned surface vessel is based on a modified mагk VI patrol boat hull. The core crew is 40 sailors, but depending on the mission package, the ship’s crew and embarked mission module detachment can total 75. Automation allows for reduced crew costs, but workload remains high, with a focus on “fігeрoweг”. dупаmіс testing of the class includes two ships testing in anti-mine missions.
