Here’s how much the US Navy saves by cutting the first 4 LCS more than a decade early

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Here’s how much the US Navy saves by cutting the first 4 LCS more than a decade early
By: David B. Larter   
 

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s top requirements officer said in testimony Wednesday that other budget priorities have crowded out the first four littoral combat ships, leaving them on the cutting-room floor in 2021.

In total, the service saved about $1.8 billion over five years with the move, said Vice Adm. James Kilby, the deputy chief of naval operations for war-fighting requirements and capabilities.

“As we looked at our budget for [fiscal 2021], we looked at how much it would cost in the FYDP [Future Years Defense Program] collectively — $1.2 billion — and how much it would cost collectively to upgrade those first models — $600 million total — and we determined that money could be applied in other areas,” Kilby told the House Armed Service’s Committee’s Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee. “We didn’t want to do it.”

Kilby said the service prioritized the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine and readiness above maintaining older force structure.

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/03/05/heres-how-much-the-us-navy-saves-by-cutting-the-first-4-lcs-more-than-a-decade-early/