littoral combat ship (lcs)
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Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
Surface Navy Association National Symposium 2017
January 12, 2017 CAPT Tom Anderson PMS 501 Program Manager
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Agenda
2016– Testing– Serial Production– Performance
2017– Events
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Operational Testing
SeaRAMFiring
Swarm Raid
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Live Fire
FSST - LCS 5
FSST - LCS 6
FSST - LCS 5
FSST - LCS 6
TSST – LCS 4
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Launches
LCS 11 LCS 13LCS 11
LCS 14
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Trials
LCS 10 AT
LCS 8 AT
LCS 7 AT
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Delivery
LCS 10
LCS 7
LCS 8
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Commissioning
LCS 7
LCS 8
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LCS Post Delivery Timeline
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Construction & Test Post Sail CSSQT
DT/OTPSA
PostPSAWOO
Fleet & Life Cycle Support
In service(PMS 505)PMS 501 Production
TeamPMS 501 Post Delivery
FCTCMA
Sea Trials
New Construction (PMS 501)
CSSQT DT/OT
PrePSAWOO
SCNOWLD
(11 months after fitting-out)
2 2 5 3 12Sailaway
Commissioning
Delivery
15 months
SCN Acronyms− CMA: Crew Move Aboard− OWLD: Obligated Work Limiting Date – IPDA: Industrial Post Delivery
Availability– CMAV: Continuous Maintenance
Availability– FCT: Final Contract Trial– WOO: Window of Opportunity– CSSQT: Combat Systems Ship
Qualifications Trial
IPDA
9
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Major Improvements IncorporatedLCS 1-3-5AF
Changed to BAE FCS-57 Gun Fire Control System
Changed to LM Machinery Control System (MPCMS)
Changed to ALEX Decoy System (DLS) – Common with GD Design
SeaRAM LCS (17AF)
TRS 4D Radar LCS (17AF)
Hangar Mezzanine
Raised AnchorSplit Stern Tube Seals
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Additional Buoyancy Tanks
Change to 7m RHIB (23AF)
Lethality UpgradeOTH Missiles
Survivability UpgradeLightweight Tow (LWT)
Replace 2 Adrick with 3 York Chiller Plants (17AF)
Survivability UpgradeMagazine Protection
Berthing Increased to 98
Renk Reduction Gear
LCS 1 to 3LCS 3 to 5AFLethality/Survivability
GT Electric StartMain Space VentilationReplaced Large Hydraulic Side Door
High Pressure Common Rail SSDGSeawater Service Redundancy (9AF)
Fin Stabilizer Removal (9AF) Reinforced Stern Ramp
Corrosion Improvement in Water-borne Mission Zone
Axial Flow Waterjets
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Major Improvements Incorporated LCS 2-4-6AF
New anchor winch &improved bow configuration
Added Impressed Current Cathodic Protection System in water jet tunnels
Upgraded MPDE exhaust material to CRES
Increase Capacity Bow Thruster
Increased berthing capacity to 98 Machinery Room
Ventilation
Waterjet Hydraulics
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Added 4th Fire Pump
Decoupled IFF
Voice Over IP (VOIP) internal communications
New water jet hydraulic power packs
New Oil-Water Separator
Lethality UpgradeOTH Missiles
Survivability UpgradeLightweight Tow (LWT)
New TBEC Design
Upgraded Integrated Combat Management System Baseline
GRP Black and Gray Water Tank
Machinery Control System Usability
Magazine Protection
Axial Flow Waterjets
Replaced 5.1m RHIB with 7m RHIB
Upgraded AT/FP Improved Side Door Hydraulics
Amah strengthening (inline 14AF)
Upgraded multi-vehicle communications systems
Improved Load Shed
LCS 2 to 4LCS 4 to 6AFLethality/Survivability
York AC plants
Installed diesel exhaust isolation valves
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2017 Events Launches
– Billings (LCS 15), Tulsa (LCS 16), Indianapolis (LCS 17), Charleston (LCS 18)
Trials– Little Rock (LCS 9), Sioux City (LCS 11), Omaha (LCS 12), Wichita (LCS 13),
Manchester (LCS 14)
Commissionings– Little Rock (LCS 9), Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), Sioux City (LCS 11), Omaha
(LCS 12)
Post Delivery Test and Trial Period– Milwaukee (LCS 5), Jackson (LCS 6), Detroit (LCS 7), Montgomery (LCS 8),
Little Rock (LCS 9), Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), Omaha (LCS 12)