Austal multi-vessel LCS proposal for US Navy

The Navy's first trimaran Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Independence (LCS 2), during Builder's Sea Trials in the Gulf of Mexico July 2009

Austal has submitted its best and final offer to the US Navy for a 10-vessel Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contract. If Austal is awarded the contract, 2,000 more jobs will be created at the company’s Mobile, Alabama shipyard, adding to Austal’s current US workforce of 1,500.

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