tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post2102431498491075875..comments2024-03-28T04:22:28.228-07:00Comments on Navy Matters: Payoff In The Making?ComNavOpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669644332369727431noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-3574423255219733822016-05-04T10:52:55.755-07:002016-05-04T10:52:55.755-07:00This is honestly why I have no issue with a shirki...This is honestly why I have no issue with a shirking defense budget. It is the only way IMO minimize the expansive graft and corruption spreading throughout the DODJay Nixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031750833658933314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-9881159441097086192016-05-03T14:38:09.344-07:002016-05-03T14:38:09.344-07:00And again CNO uses the navy communication and cont...And again CNO uses the navy communication and contracts to demonstrate a lack of ethics in top leadership. Howdypartnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14995152060704851499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-88753687786218178092016-05-03T14:05:48.830-07:002016-05-03T14:05:48.830-07:00May be a reaction to the rumoured collapse of the ...May be a reaction to the rumoured collapse of the $11.25 billion sale of four LCS frigates due to the price being too rich even for Saudi Arabia or just Lockheed Martin came to the realisation that the LCS is a dud and moving on.<br /><br />Lockheed Martin have teamed up with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea to market a Multi-mission Combat Ship (MCS). <br /> "DSME’s MCS hull design coupled with Lockheed Martin’s expertise in program and systems integration will allow the team to bring this capable ship to the international marketplace at an affordable price,” said Joe North, vice president of Littoral Ships and Systems at Lockheed Martin Mission System and Training. “Together, we bring not only the best experience, expertise and resources, but also the right dedication and focus to offer coalition navies a multi-mission corvette-sized ship designed to meet future threats.”<br /><br />Reported in Navy Recognition 30 AprilNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14154573875521240433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-30326273596311772332016-05-03T07:08:21.069-07:002016-05-03T07:08:21.069-07:00"Somehow I doubt these studies will produce m..."Somehow I doubt these studies will produce much that improves the LCS either."<br /><br />We'll spend millions and add some small piece of hardware. The 'SeaFrame' won't change. The 'Littoral' ship will still end up getting used as a Frigate. JFWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095723023404412328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-69189752176388202942016-05-02T15:32:03.597-07:002016-05-02T15:32:03.597-07:00Disappointing, but not surprising.
If you think...Disappointing, but not surprising. <br /><br />If you think about it, this is now a perverse incentive. The defense industry now has an incentive to make lower quality weapons in the hopes that they get a future contract to fix their problems and apparently to study the problem too.<br /><br />Somehow I doubt these studies will produce much that improves the LCS either. AltandMainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01014823246265859953noreply@blogger.com