Coastal combat ships Freedom types (“Freedom”) and independence (“independence”) of the US Navy (Navy) are too expensive, writes Defense News.
The American publication notes that the annual cost of the operation of one ship created under the Littoral Combat Ship program (LCS) costs $ 70 million, whereas for comparison, a similar indicator for significantly larger and powerful ARLEIGH BURKE type 81 million.
Solve the FreeDom and Independence problem in the US Navy offer a reduction in the number of contractors engaged in servicing ships, and transmitting their problems with a fleet.
Defense News reminds that some LCS ships have problems with a power installation.
So, in January, the publication wrote that the world’s largest military-industrial company, the American Lockheed Martin, stopped supplies of the US Navy coastal warships type Freedom. According to the publication, the reason for the temporary termination of the supply was the constructive drawback of the transmission of the ship’s motor installation, in the development of which the German company Renk took part.
In October 2020, Defense News reported that the ship Detroit type Freedom because of a motor installation problem broke, being off the coast of South America.
LCS ship line designed to patrol the coastal zone, fighting the surface and underwater forces of the enemy, counteracting drone and intelligence, includes Freedom and Independence type ships. The first, which is a high-speed monocompute ship, developed by Lockheed Martin. The second is a trimaran (three-door ship), created by General Dynamics.