The USS Freedom, first of a planned 55 Littoral Combat Ships, has undergone several repair periods over the last year at San Diego. Critics contend the ships are fatally flawed, but the U.S. Navy is defending the ships. (Josiah Popplar /U.S. Navy)
HASC Demands Navy 'Fess Up On LCS Problems -- Aol Defense
WASHINGTON: In an otherwise pro-forma meeting to approve legislative language for the 2013 national defense authorization, the Seapower panel of the House Armed Services Committee paused to add just one amendment to the otherwise unmodified bill: a provision by California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter demanding that the Navy 'fess up to Congress on problems with its Littoral Combat Ship.
"This simply makes the navy come to us and explain all the problems [and] all the good things about the LCS we need to know to conduct proper oversight," Rep. Hunter told the committee. "The Navy needs to be more forthcoming with us."
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More News On Congressional Concerns On Problems in The U.S. Navy's LCS Program
House slams Navy on 'lack of transparency' on Littoral Combat Ship -- The Hill
House Panel Backs Littoral Ship Funding, Criticizing Navy -- Bloomberg Businessweek
LCS Vigorously Defended by U.S. Navy -- Defense News
Navy’s Shiny New Ship Not So Shiny -- The Cutting Edge
Failed Equipment, Flawed Designs Plague Lockheed Littoral Combat Ship - -POGO
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