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Keel laying for eleventh LCS, the future Sioux City ■ about the ship PEO LCS is responsible for delivering and sustaining credible littoral mission capabilities to the fleet and is working with industry to achieve steady production to increase production efficiencies and leverage cost savings. Delivering high-quality warfighting assets while balancing affordability and capability is key to supporting the Navy’s Maritime Strategy.
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The Navy and Lockheed Martin, with Marinette Marine Corp., held a keel laying ceremony Feb. 19, for the future USS Sioux City (LCS 11), the Navy’s 11th littoral combat ship (LCS). The keel laying ceremony recognizes the first joining together of a ship’s components. While modern shipbuilding processes allow advanced fabrication of individual modules, laying the keel represents the formal beginning in the life of a ship. LCS 11 is the first Navy ship to be named after Sioux City, Iowa. Ship sponsor Mary Winnefeld, wife of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. James “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr., authenticated the keel by having her initials welded into a sheet of the ship’s hull. “I’m both honored and delighted to be back in my home state of Wisconsin as the sponsor of Sioux City,” said Mary. “It’s been a real privilege to meet the great Americans who are building this versatile ship, and I thank them in advance for their quality work. I look forward to meeting her crew soon, being part of her family, and bringing our ship to life when she’s commissioned.” Littoral combat ships are high-speed, agile, shallow draft, mission-focused surface warships designed for operations in the littoral, or coastal, environment (within 300 nautical miles of land), yet fully capable of open ocean operations. The ship is expected to deliver to the fleet in 2017. “We are acknowledging an important milestone in the life of the newest littoral combat ship, and we are also celebrating a monumental leap forward in the strength, capability, and flexibility of the Navy’s future surface fleet. LCS 11 and the entire LCS class are truly without precedent in our national defense arsenal – breaking new ground in Navy acquisition, ship design, and warfighting technology,” said Capt. Tom Anderson, LCS program manager.
U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin Mary Winnefeld, second from left, wife of Adm. James Winnefeld Jr., the vice chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, watches as her initials are welded into the keel of the future littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11).
NAVSUP weapon systems support enhances fleet readiness, saves millions By Sarah Glinski NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support Office of Corporate Communications
PHILADELPHIA
NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) officials announced, Feb. 18, that an initiative to modify spare F/A-18 Hornet windshield panels to fit F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers, has received final approval to proceed. The initiative, known as the F/A-18 Windshield Logistics Engineering Change Proposal (LECP), will save the Navy approximately $8 million in fiscal years 2015 and 2016. The savings will be obtained by converting and reusing Legacy Hornet C and D model windshield inventory into Super Hornet and Growler E/F/G windshield assemblies, thereby eliminating the need to buy brand new units to support the newer planes.
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“Windshields are specialty items that take a long time to build. The tremendous engineers and logisticians involved in this initiative ran models projecting our declining Legacy needs against those of a growing population of Super Hornets, and they took action right away to not only improve readiness, but also to save costs,” said Cmdr. Matthew Ott, NAVSUP WSS Philadelphia aviation operations director. “Their innovation speaks volumes to the type of good that LECPs can do for our Navy.” “We’re enhancing fleet readiness, saving money, and using the talents across our naval aviation enterprise at the same time,” Ott continued. “It’s a win-win situation, and I’m really looking forward to seeing the Fleet Readiness Centers implement another great LECP. LECPs offer industry, program management activities, and all associated with naval aviation a
tool to make high return investments in reliability and help cut total ownership costs.” Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)’s Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRC-SW) currently repairs both Legacy and Super Hornet windscreen assemblies. The first of the 75 windshield panels to be modified will be converted by FRC-SW in the first quarter of fiscal year 2015. Other organizations heavily involved with the initiative include NAVAIR Headquarters, Navy Spares Committee (SPARCOM), Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) Code N98, and Boeing. A field activity of the Naval Supply Systems Command, NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) is the U.S. Navy’s supply chain manager providing worldwide support to the aviation, surface ship, and submarine communities.
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