USN orders repairs to LCS waterjet and shaft assemblies
USS Independence at sea in April 2019. (Photo: USN/Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe)
Wärtsilä Defense is to conduct repairs on Independence-class LCS vessels.
Wärtsilä Defense has received an IDIQ contract worth up to $76.28 million from the US Naval Surface Warfare Center, to repair waterjet and shaft assemblies on Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs).
‘Work will be completed at the contractor’s facility in Chesapeake, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by July 2027. The contract will have a 60-month ordering period,’ the DoD noted on 28 July.
Fitted with two LM2500 gas turbines and two MTU Series 8000 diesel engines, as well as two LJ160E and two LJ150E waterjets, the trimaran
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Australian-based shipbuilder Austal has announced the resignation of Austal USA president Craig Perciavalle amid ongoing investigations in the United States and Australia into the company’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program dating back to before mid-2016.
Austal USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Austal Limited (ASX:ASB), is a major defense contractor and is responsible for building the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and multipurpose Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) for the U.S. Navy.
Austal said the investigations by U.S. authorities, namely the Department of Justice and the Securities Exchange Commission, concerns the write back of work in progress (WIP) attributable to the LCS program in July 2016, the procurement of certain ship components, and the charging and allocation of labor hours.