open architecture electronics suite significantly contributes to the ship’s ability to facilitate a wide range of missions, while incorporating stealth technology to increase crew and ship survivability.
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The General Dynamics design approach to the Littoral Combat Ship features an innovative trimaran hull that enables the ship to reach sustainable speeds of nearly 50 knots and range as far as 10,000 nautical miles with an unmatched interior volume and payload. The ship is designed to allow a crew of fewer than 40 sailors to fully operate, maintain and defend it. |
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| The General Dynamics LCS team will complete the design and construct a high-speed, networked, 127-meter surface combatant ship for delivery to the Navy in October 2007. | The General Dynamics LCS will have one of the largest usable payload volumes of any U.S. Navy surface combatant afloat today – providing the flexibility to carry out one mission while a separate mission module is in reserve. | |
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| The General Dynamics LCS’s large flight deck sits higher above the water than any U.S. Navy surface combatant and will support near-simultaneous operation of two SH-60 helicopters or multiple unmanned vehicles. |
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Dynamics LCS’s open architecture electronics suite significantly contributes to the ship’s ability to facilitate a wide range of missions, while incorporating stealth technology to increase crew and ship survivability. |
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