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Bath
Iron Works, as the LCS Planning Yard, will provide maintenance and modernization
support for all Navy LCS 1 and LCS 2 variant ships. Work to be performed
under this contract includes availability advanced planning, ship alteration
design and logistics support, material support, ship planned maintenance,
class services, onboard maintenance, and planning of all maintenance
availabilities in the U.S. and abroad.
Bath Iron Works is also the planning yard for the DDG 51 and FFG 7 ship
classes.
“We are pleased for the opportunity to apply our planning yard
experience in support of the Navy’s LCS program,” said Bath
Iron Works President Fred Harris. “We have been working hard to
make every aspect of our business more affordable, enabling us to successfully
compete for contracts like this. This award is a result of that work
and we look forward to working with our industry partners to meet the
needs of our U.S. Navy customer.” |
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Bath Iron
Works is the prime contractor under this contract, with partners General
Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Austal USA, CDI Corporation,
and Marinette Marine Corp., a Fincantieri company.
LCS is a fast, agile, focused-mission platform designed for operation
in near-shore environments yet capable of open-ocean operation. It is
designed to defeat asymmetric "anti-access" threats such as
mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface ships. The LCS seaframes
are outfitted with reconfigurable payloads, called mission modules (which
are made up of mission systems and support equipment), and can be changed
out.
There are two variants of the LCS class, Freedom and Independence. This
Planning Yard Services contract covers both variants. Bath Iron Works
had previously been providing similar Interim Support Program services
for the Independence variant. The Navy currently has four littoral combat
ships in service and another twelve ships under contract for construction.
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USS Freedom
LCS-1 (picture: US Navy)
The Independence
(LCS-2) Littoral Combat Ship