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	Littoral Combat Ship
		The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will take advantage of the newest generation hull form and tailored, modularized combat systems package designs which will enable the LCS to defeat enemy littoral defenses including mines, fast swarming small boats, and submarines, ultimately ensuring maritime access in any environment.
		It will have the capability to deploy independently to overseas littoral regions, remain on station for extended periods of time either with a battle group or through a forward-basing arrangement and will be capable of underway replenishment.
		The LCS must be capable of operating at low speeds for littoral mission operations, transit at economical speeds, and high-speed sprints, which may be necessary to avoid/prosecute a small boat or submarine threat, conduct intercept operations over the horizon, or for insertion or extraction missions.
	tech.military.com /equipment/view/89179/littoral-combat-ship.html (0 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Littoral Combat Ship (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Intended as a relatively small surface combattant for operations in the littoral region close to shore, the LCS is smaller than the Navy's guided missile frigates, and they have been compared to the corvette of international usage.
		The 127-meter surface combatant ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in July 2009, with the original contract was awarded in July 2003.
		Littoral combat ships are considered critical to the Navy's 21st-century transformation; they also will be a departure from the steel, single-hulled platforms of today's legacy fleet.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Littoral-Combat-Ship (3239 words)

	Littoral combat ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The littoral combat ship is the first of the U.S. Navy's next-generation surface combatants.
		Intended as a relatively small surface combatant for operations in the littoral region close to shore, the LCS is smaller than the Navy's guided missile frigates, and they have been compared to the corvette of international usage.
		It will be able to supplant slower and larger specialized ships such as minesweepers and larger assault ships in anti-mine and special forces missions, plus robotic air, surface, and underwater vehicles.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/littoral_combat_ship (647 words)

	Naval Technology - Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) High-Speed Surface Ship
		The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is the first of a new family of surface ships for the US Navy.
		The LCS is a fast, highly manoeuverable, networked surface combat ship, which is a specialised variant of the family of US future surface combat ships known as DD(X).
		LCS is designed to satisfy the urgent requirement for shallow draft vessels to operate in the littoral (coastal waters) to counter growing potential 'asymmetric' threats of coastal mines, quiet diesel submarines and the potential to carry explosives and terrorists on small, fast, armed boats.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/littoral (0 words)

	Littoral Combat Ship and the Birth of A New Navy : LexingtonInstitute.org
		Littoral Combat Ship and the Birth of A New Navy : LexingtonInstitute.org
		Littoral Combat Ship and the Birth of A New Navy
		Thus was born the Littoral Combat Ship, an agile warship constructed from the keel up to operate effectively in the shallow, crowded, dangerous environment of the littorals.
	lexingtoninstitute.org /1104.shtml (2479 words)

	Transforming the Navy's Surface Combatant Force
		The DD(X) is intended to be a stealthy, multimission ship with an emphasis on land attack.
		The Navy has not stated officially how many littoral combat ships it plans to buy, but CBO assumed that the number is 56--consistent with statements by Navy officials and with briefings that CBO has received.
		It would upgrade the combat systems and reliability of 13 Ticonderoga class cruisers; of the other 14, the first five would be retired by 2006 and the rest by 2014, well before the end of their notional 35-year service life.
	www.cbo.gov /showdoc.cfm?index=4146&sequence=0 (2210 words)

	Navy develops jet-zipping combat ship (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first of a new breed of Navy ship - faster and easier to maneuver - is expected to launch later this year to meet threats including modern-day pirates and terrorists who turn speedboats into suicide weapons.
		The Littoral Combat Ship has a shallow draft, and its water jets let the ship zoom close to shore without getting stuck and to turn on a dime, allowing it to chase smaller boats.
		Hamilton said the small shipyards were able to respond quickly to the Navy's needs on the Littoral Combat Ship and said the new warships could have a positive effect of bringing pressure to bear on the bigger, traditional shipyards like Bath Iron Works.
	www.abqtrib.com /news/2006/jun/13/navy-develops-jet-zipping-combat-ship/?printer=1 (725 words)

	Video Archive - U.S. Department of Defense Transformation Official Website
		The ship's innovative design allows it to turn 360 degrees in less than eight lengths at top speed and accelerate to full speed in less than two minutes.
		The Office of Naval Research is developing unmanned aerial vehicles, such as the RQ-8A Fire Scout slated to be used aboard the littoral combat ships.
		The Littoral Combat Ship is one of the newest weapons the Navy is unleashing in the Global War on Terror.
	www.defenselink.mil /transformation/images/video (0 words)

	Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Team
		The mission control center component of the training facility — which is the actual size of the center on the ship — will allow Sailors to use operational software from COMBATSS-21, the ship’s combat management system.
		Nation's First Littoral Combat Ship Christened And Launched By Lockheed Martin LCS Team
		Lockheed Martin Team is Selected to Build the First Littoral Combat Ship
	www.lmlcsteam.com /news.html (560 words)

	L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics
		A fast, maneuverable and networked surface combatant, the LCS provides the required warfighting capabilities and operational flexibility to execute focused missions close to the shore, such as mine warfare, anti-submarine warfare and surface warfare.
		The system is ideally suited for new generations of ships, such as High Speed Surface Craft and Patrol Craft, and is small enough to be fitted onboard ships of 10 meters in length.
		The ship is 262 feet in length and displaces 1400 tons (at full load), with a beam of 72 feet and a navigational draft of 11.5 feet.
	www.cmccinci.com /news.html (0 words)

	DailyTech - Nation's First Littoral Combat Ship Demonstration
		The Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) team recently demonstrated the operation of the innovative stern ramp and side doors on Freedom, the nation’s first littoral combat ship.
		The ships design was optimized for the launch and recovery of a variety of manned and unmanned watercraft designed to undertake multiple mission types including surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, minehunting, and special operations.
		I know this sort of ship wouldn't be deployed away from other larger support shits to protect it, but who knows, better safe than sorry I say.
	www.dailytech.com /article.aspx?newsid=9260 (1542 words)

	Navy Names Coastline Ship Contractors (TechNews.com)
		The initial contracts for the littoral combat ships are worth $46 million for Lockheed and $78 million for General Dynamics.
		Lockheed said its ship will be 378 feet long and capable of operating in less than 13 feet of water.
		"Littoral Combat Ship is a program that still needs to be more clearly defined by the Navy," Byron K. Callan, defense analyst for Merrill Lynch, said in a research note.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A61606-2004May27.html (478 words)

	First Littoral Combat Ship Christened
		060923-O-0000X-002 Marinette, Wis. (Sept. 23, 2006) — The nation’s first littoral combat ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1) — the inaugural ship in an entirely new class of U.S. Navy surface warships — prepares to make a side launch during her christening at the Marinette Marine shipyard.
		The ship will act as a platform for launch and recovery of manned and unmanned vehicles.
		The ship will be commissioned in 2007 and eventually homeported in San Diego, Ca.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=25737 (852 words)

	Navy Names New Littoral Combat Ship
		The second Independence, the first ship of the line in the Navy, was launched in 1814 as a 74-gun ship, but later refitted to a 54-gun frigate.
		The littoral combat ships are the first Navy vessels to separate capability from hull form and provide a robust, affordable, mission-focused warship designed to provide assured access for our joint forces.
		Like its sister ship, LCS 2 will be configured for one mission package at a time, consisting of modules, manned aircraft, unmanned vehicles, off-board sensors, and mission-manning detachments, all in an open-systems architecture.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,93551,00.html (491 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- Near-shore war ships to be based in San Diego
		Littoral combat ships are designed to operate in the shallow and congested waters close to shore, an area called the ocean littorals.
		The littoral combat ships' unique feature is a platform for portable “mission modules.” These modules will enable the vessels to perform a variety of functions.
		The second ship, Independence, is a trimaran –; or triple-hulled ship – being built by General Dynamics.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/metro/20060430-9999-1m30littoral.html (401 words)

	GAO-05-255, Defense Acquisitions: Plans Need to Allow Enough Time to Demonstrate Capability of First Littoral Combat ...
		As part of its resulting analysis, the Navy defined littoral capability gaps, developed requirements to address those gaps, and identified and examined 11 nonmateriel and 3 materiel solutions across the joint forces that could be used to mitigate gaps in the littorals.
		In a major combat operation, LCS squadrons would be able to draw upon assistance of those nearby Navy or joint forces in the face of a larger surface threat in the area.
		We compared the LCS concept of operations to the approved requirements for the ship and the capability gaps identified by the Navy and found that each of the capability gaps and LCS mission requirements were addressed in the concept of operations.
	www.gao.gov /htext/d05255.html (14948 words)

	Littoral combat ship Information
		The Littoral Combat Ship is the first of the U.S. Navy's planned next-generation surface combatants.
		Intended for operations in the littoral region close to shore, the LCS is smaller than the Navy's guided missile frigates and sacrifices air defense and surface-to-surface capabilities for speed, mission module space and a shallow draft.
		An international task force has been put together to determine the usefulness of the Littoral Combat Ship in the navies of the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany.
	www.bookrags.com /Littoral_combat_ship (390 words)

	IZAR JOINS LCS TEAM LED BY LOCKHEED MARTIN
		The Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), named Sea Blade™, is a fast, affordable, low-risk approach designed to dominate the shallow waters surrounding an enemy’s shores - one of the greatest challenges facing the Navy.
		LCS is the Navy’s number one budget priority and is a key element of its Sea Power 21 strategic vision for defending the nation and projecting offensive naval operations.
		Ships on active duty in nearly 20 navies around the globe, including 60 percent of the U.S. Navy’s surface combatant fleet, are built to Gibbs & Cox, Inc. designs.
	ness.external.lmco.com /news/03jul17washington.html (597 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The gun could be a mission module for the Littoral Combat Ship, for example, or high-speed vessels, Wojnar said, and move from craft to craft.
		The 689-foot-long ship was christened Lewis and Clark in honor of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who explored what became the western United States in the early 1800s.
		The ship will be commissioned in 2006, 200 years after Lewis and Clark completed their expedition.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/jul_05_46.php (385 words)

	Naval Institute Proceedings: The Next Revolution at Sea, By Rear Admiral H. G. Ulrich III and Rear Admiral Mark J. ...
		Three new ship classes are in various stages of development and will serve as flexible forward platforms for new capabilities.
		LCS will be a focused-mission ship able to "climb into the ring" close to shore and take on those threats we see beginning to coalesce in the littoral.
		The ability to deploy various mission modules on board a fast, shallow-draft ship is the cornerstone of the LCS concept and builds on Navy experience with de facto modules such as carrier air wings, ship helicopter detachments, and vertical launching systems.
	www.usni.org /proceedings/Articles03/proulrich10.htm (1485 words)

	The Flagship
		What impresses me most is they are aware — they know what the mission is, what the ship is doing and what their battle group is doing.
		He also commented on the Inter Deployment Training Cycle, which ensures ships are meeting standards so they can deploy and “go in harm's way and that they're ready to do that.
		Among the significant changes in the training cycle is “we have a target for ships to shoot at.
	www.flagshipnews.com /archives_2002/aug012002_1.shtml (660 words)

	Definition of Littoral Combat Ship
		The Littoral Combat Ship or LCS is a new concept currently being developed by the United States Navy.
		The LCS will be a variation of the Destroyer (DD and DDG types) designed to replace the fleet of Frigates currently in use by the Navy, which are slowly being retired from the fleet.
		By 2004, preliminary designs by Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Raytheon were submitted to the U.S. Navy for evaluation with plans to begin construction of the first ships by 2005 and to take delivery by 2007.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Littoral_Combat_Ship (245 words)

	Shipping, shipbuilding, offshore news
		Six companies are each being awarded a firm-fixed-price U.S. Navy contract worth $500,000 for the performance of focused-mission ship concept studies intended to explore a range of approaches in an overall effort to define future ship requirements.
		The focused-mission ship to be studied is envisioned to be a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the littorals.
		This ship will have significantly lighter displacement than the Navy's FFG 7 Oliver Hazard Perry Class of frigates designed and built at Bath Iron Works and will be capable of extended independent operations with a crew of just 25 - 30.
	www.marinelog.com /DOCS/NEWSMMIIb/MMIINov15.html (747 words)

	General Dynamics Awarded $208M For Second Trimaran Littoral Combat Ship
		The 127-meter surface combatant ship, equipped with open architecture-based combat systems and computing environment, is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in July 2009.
		The Littoral Combat Ship is a key element of the Navy's plan to address asymmetric threats of the twenty-first century.
		The General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship will have one of the largest usable payload volumes per ton of ship displacement of any U.S. Navy surface combatant afloat today - providing the flexibility to carry out one mission while a separate mission module is in reserve.
	www.spacewar.com /reports/General_Dynamics_Awarded_208M_For_Second_Trimaran_Littoral_Combat_Ship_999.html (725 words)

	Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) - Military Photos
		The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a small specialised variant of the DD(X) family of future surface combat ships.
		The LCS concept is presently being defined and is envisioned to be an advanced hullform employing open systems architecture modules to undertake a number of missions and to reconfigure in response to changes in mission, threat, and technology.
		The Littoral Combat Ship can achieve high speeds; however, this can only be accomplished at the expense of range and payload capacity.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=99797 (1914 words)

	Naval Concept Development - Littoral Combat Ship (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The demanding littoral missions of ASW, MCM, and countering small boats versus an asymmetric enemy that uses COTS technology to exploit the seams and vulnerabilities in our current force mix, are the exigencies of SEA SHIELD's battlespace access component.
		The Navy could task the current force structure with new littoral missions, but there are significant operational risk and cost decisions associated with using expensive, high end, power projection platforms against the enemy's fairly inexpensive surface, undersea and missile technologies.
		Declining force numbers further impair the ability of our capital ships to perform additional access missions, and it is unlikely that we will ever be able to afford the numbers of high end ships it would take to fill the gaps in littoral capabilities needed.
	www.nwdc.navy.mil /Concepts/Sea_Shield/LCS.aspx (508 words)

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