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Robert Work, a military analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments who conducted a study on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program and earlier questioned the Navy's need for a large surface-combatant fleet, has now asserted that the Navy should build two squadrons of the LCS and conduct meaningful operational testing for at least a year before beginning a full production program. The Navy has received three proposals for the Flight 0 LCS that will have the ability to carry more mission modules at once and perform more types of missions simultaneously from General Dynamics Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. of which it is more likely to buy two different versions and later procure two production versions.
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This article reprints some of the more cogent excerpts from letters sent between House Armed Services chair Duncan Hunter and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John Warner expressing their views that Senator Warner would not sign the defense-authorization conference report.
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The author examines the political battle raging in the U.S. Congress over funding of the Navy's proposed submarine construction contract. Topics include political aspects of defense spending, naval vessels, and long-term military planning.
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