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U.S. Navy to Delay Award of Frigate Construction for a Year
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-03/u-s-navy-will-delay-award-of-new-frigate-construction-by-a-yearU.S. Navy to Delay Award of Frigate Construction for a Year
by Anthony Capaccio
May 3, 2017 3:31 PM Updated on May 3, 2017 7:17 PM
The U.S. Navy will delay by at least a year plans to award a multibillion-dollar construction contract for a frigate meant to succeed the troubled Littoral Combat Ship, service officials said.
The Navy has decided to put off until fiscal year 2020 its award of a contract for the frigate. Lockheed Martin Corp. and Austal Ltd. are offering competing proposals. Rear Admiral Ron Boxall, the service’s head of surface warfare, and Rear Admiral John Neagley, the LCS program’s executive officer, announced the move Wednesday in a statement delivered to the House Armed Services seapower panel. The decision was originally expected for mid-2018.
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