Ivan MartinRigging Trade ClassJeremy Varner19 October 2016LCS (Littoral Combat Ship) “Independence Variant Class”It’s a UFO! Is a “Star-Destroyer” Ship! No! Is the new Navy LCS (Littoral Combat Ship) Independence Class! Why the U.S Navy is in need of a new class of ship? The main reason of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program was developed is to provide the United States Navy with a small, multi-mission ship capable of being interdependent, and perform join task operations. After Desert Storm and Desert Shield war campaigns, the United States Navy performed critical studies and determined that there was a need for a new class of small ship. The U.S Navy was tasked to design a ship that is able to operate and conduct missions in the shallow-water and near-shore littoral zones. As of result of this study, the U.S Navy announced it
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This meets the United States Navy open architecture requirements and strictly adheres to published industry standards and facilitates the integration of commercially available products. Thus, this open architecture computing environment concept allows for future growth and seamlessly integrates domestic and foreign combat components to create a core mission system solution that dramatically lowers acquisition and lifecycle cost. However, limitations in many of these ships’ technology, design make this desired combination of new proposals characteristics in small ships very complex and costly, and may negotiations for suitability and sustainability.The Independence Class is very fast at sprint speed. In a hurry, she’s powered by General Electric, Gas Turbines and while she can idle on station, she can switch to her diesel engine rapidly which makes this ship very maritime sustainable. She is also capable of operating alone or with other LCS or legacy ships, it packs an armament of warfare, but also deploys the flexibility to switch from one specialized mission role to another by interchanging mission modules as previously
This meets the United States Navy open architecture requirements and strictly adheres to published industry standards and facilitates the integration of commercially available products. Thus, this open architecture computing environment concept allows for future growth and seamlessly integrates domestic and foreign combat components to create a core mission system solution that dramatically lowers acquisition and lifecycle cost. However, limitations in many of these ships’ technology, design make this desired combination of new proposals characteristics in small ships very complex and costly, and may negotiations for suitability and sustainability.The Independence Class is very fast at sprint speed. In a hurry, she’s powered by General Electric, Gas Turbines and while she can idle on station, she can switch to her diesel engine rapidly which makes this ship very maritime sustainable. She is also capable of operating alone or with other LCS or legacy ships, it packs an armament of warfare, but also deploys the flexibility to switch from one specialized mission role to another by interchanging mission modules as previously