Questions remain as Navy unveils surface warfare module
By Philip Ewing - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Jul 20, 2008 9:34:20 EDT
DAHLGREN, Va. — In a ceremony here July 11, with all the trappings of a trade show — exhibit booths, computer demos and take-home tchotchkes — the Navy unveiled the surface warfare package for its littoral combat ship, the second of three "plug-in" modules for the new generation of multi-purpose vessels.
But even as acquisition officials and defense contractors reeled off details about how the advanced new sensors and weapons will work, they had little new information about another key component of the warship: its crew. This is despite the fact that both LCS 1 and 2 could be commissioned as early as this year.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/navy_lcs_manning_072008w/
