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LCS Hull Concept Tests Move Ahead

The Lockheed Martin-led Littoral Combat Ship team is continuing the development of its semi-planing seaframe design through a new series of tank tests that will prove the efficacy of several significant design improvements. The scaled hull model test program underway at the Naval Surface Warfare Center,

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Carderock Division in Bethesda. MD. will validate the improvements in the resistance, stability and sea keep- ing characteristics of the team's design.

Working closely with naval architect Gibbs & Cox, and core team member Fincantieri, the Lockheed

Martin team will optimize the LCS hull design. The design strives to be low cost, low risk, high speed, shal- low draft, maneuverability and a capacity to accom- modate the full range of focused mission packages to defeat enemy mines, swarming small boats, diesel- electric submarines and other shallow-water threats. "The hull tests represent a significant milestone that will confirm performance predictions for our semi- planing seaframe," said Carol Hulgus, vice president of programs for Lockheed Martin's Maritime Systems & Sensors business. "Not only will the hull form

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The inclusion of Fincantieri on the Lockheed Martin-led LCS team means the delivery of high-level commercial success in the realm of big, fast craft. Pictured here is Taurus, a ferry powered by a pair of MTU diesel engines and a pair of General Electric gas tur- bines. deliver all the necessary speed, sea keeping and other performance characteristics for the LCS mission, but it also provides ample volume and flexibility to incorpo- rate future focused mission packages." "We are also fortunate to have Fincantieri as one of the international partners on our team. They have sig- nificant experience in these types of platforms having engineered and built both the record setting ship

Destriero and larger fast ferries that incorporate tech- nologies similar to those we are using for LCS," said

Hulgus. "Having our basic hull form already in serv- ice. w ith our LCS design scaled between Destriero and the Jupiter class ferries, provides a proven baseline for our low risk, low cost approach." Fincantieri is a large, diversified shipbuilding group, headquartered in

Trieste. Italy. Its eight shipyards have produced more than 7.000 vessels over its 200-year history. The com- pany is active in cruise, merchant, and naval shipbuild- ing.

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