Roughead pushes for littoral combat ship

[unhappycamper]

Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, said Sept. 24 that he is "as committed as ever to LCS.”


Roughead pushes for littoral combat ship
By Christopher P. Cavas - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Sep 25, 2008 6:33:19 EDT

The Navy’s top officer maintained his support for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program even as Congress appeared to be scuttling yet another of the long-delayed ships.

“I want to be able to build out the class as quickly as I can,” Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, said Wednesday. “I remain as committed as ever to LCS.”

House and Senate appropriators agreed to rescind the money granted last year for a third LCS ship and switch the money to help pay for two more ships in the 2009 budget. The first LCS has been delivered to the Navy and the second ship is due next year, but no further littoral ships are on order.

“We just need to get that program going,” Roughead said. “More ships is a good thing.”

Roughead’s comments came after a National Press Club breakfast in Washington hosted by Government Executive magazine. Responding to questions from moderators and an audience of about 200, Roughead voiced his support for the LCS program.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/09/defense_roughead_092408/%2e



uhc comment: I see this as the Navy's last shot at money trough. The two authorized LCS boats are already 160% (that's $380,000,000 each if you care) over the original estimate. Here's some Veterans forum search terms in case you haven't been following the Navy's Deepwater disaster:

lcs

littoral

DDG

[grannie4peace]

1. what is littoral? sounds like a misspelling.....

[unhappycamper]

2. Littoral is close to the shore waters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral

[grannie4peace]

3. thanks :):)