England says littoral combat ships needed for missions

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The proposed fleet of 60 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) is considered as unneeded, expensive redundancy by some military analysts. However, Navy Secretary, Gordon England is supportive of the fleet as he feels that this small coaster fighter will be economical in the long run as at a much lower life cycle cost it will replace soon to be retired surface platforms, currently fulfilling littoral missions and it will provide an array of assets to perform each type of mission.

Usage, Evaluation, Economic aspects, Military equipment, Military paraphernalia, Mechanization, Military, Guided missile ships, England, Gordon

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Adm. Giambastiani slams defense industry, mid-level procurement officers

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Speaking before the Office of Naval Research Naval-Industry Partnership Conference, Adm. Edmund Giambastiani criticized defense industry for ripping off the Pentagon by insisting on producing products that are not interoperable with other systems, the Dept. of Defense uses, and then offering for a price to fix the problem. Hence, he also rejected the idea of merging the largest armed forces on the globe.

Defense Procurement, Military aspects, Military procurement, Defence buying, Giambastiani, Edmund

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Bush budget likes LCS, UVs; negative on Osprey, Raptor, C-130J

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U.S. President George W. Bush has revealed his $2.5 trillion federal budget proposal for the fiscal year 2006, thus revealing a list of about which weapon systems will be considered and which expensive weapon systems will be reduced. This budget has approved unmanned vehicles (UVs), but the Raptor and Navy aircraft carriers might be reduced.

Strategy & planning, Government expenditures, General services, Defense Administration & Finance, Planning, Purchasing, Defense spending, Company business planning, Defence spending, Government finance, Drone aircraft, Unmanned aerial vehicles, C-130J (Aircraft)

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