Within the Littoral Combat Ship program (LCS), the U.S. Navy has awarded the consortium consisting of Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), and Lockheed Martin Corp., a contract to build an additional 387.6’x57.7′, 40-knot LCS.
The new LCS 31, with a draft of 14.1′, will be the 16th ship of the LCS program Freedom-variant, one of the Navy’s main shipbuilding programs. The Fincantieri and Lockheed Martin team is in full-rate production of the Freedom-variant and...
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