(Amerika) United States Navy

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Stop-Work Ordered for Third LCS
U.S. Navy Struggles To Rein In Soaring Program Costs

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2...&C=america

Scrambling to regain control of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program costs and forestall a congressional firestorm, U.S. Navy leaders have called for a temporary halt on construction on the third LCS while examining why cost growth on the first one has jumped as much as 86 percent.
A recent cost review of the USS Freedom (LCS 1) showed that the estimated price had jumped from a planned $220 million to between $331 million and $410 million, according to a Navy official. That ship is under construction by Lockheed Martin and scheduled to be delivered to the Navy this summer. (...)