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The Motley Fool September 24, 2007 Rich Smith	General Dynamics and the Double-Edged Petard Defense contractors are losing contracts due to cost-plus pricing, and are increasingly switching to fixed-price construction deals.
Popular Mechanics August 2008	Lockheed, Aussies Fight for Navy's Beachhead Brawler Ship Contract The Navy is considering the Australia-based Austal and Lockheed LCS for its Littoral Combat Ship.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2008 Rich Smith	General Dynamics ... Admiral Dynamics? General Dynamics and Austal LLC team up again to bid together on the Pentagon's Joint High Speed Vessel.
The Motley Fool September 8, 2004 Rich Smith	Will the Navy Scuttle Shipbuilders? A funding proposal would scale down orders for new warships. Investors should look beyond the obvious implications for the shipyards, the shipbuilders, and their employees.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2008 Rich Smith	General Dynamics and Lockheed Deliver These two defense contractors deserve praise for their recent accomplishments.
National Defense January 2007 Grace Jean	Fleet Expansion Hinges On Littoral Combat Ship The Navy took its new warship, the littoral combat ship, from concept to reality in record speed. The service, however, may take years to define the vessel's future missions and develop its various weapon systems.
National Defense April 2014 Valerie Insinna	Littoral Combat Ship Faces Uncertain Future On Feb. 24, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed rumors that had been swirling around the littoral combat ship program for months -- instead of going forward with its planned 52 ship buy, purchases would be limited to 32.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Rich Smith	Washington Post Indicts Military-Industrial Complex The Washington Post prints a seething report about over-expenditures in the military defense contracting business.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 Ben Ames	Teams Build Competing Command-and-Control Systems for Littoral Combat Ships Navy planners are asking for two different prototypes of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the multimission warship designed to cruise shallow waters close to shore. Neither will use Aegis.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2010 Rich Smith	Uncle Sam Wants YOU (to Build a Better Boat) Make it shallow, fast, and cheap -- and make it snappy! This time, we're talking 'bout the Littoral Combat Ship.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2011 Rich Smith	Who Will Build America's Next Supertank? The Pentagon picks two teams to replace the Bradley armored personnel carrier.
National Defense July 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Cost Goals for Littoral Combat Ship Overly Optimistic Navy Secretary Ray Mabus raised doubts in recent weeks that the service can meet a $460 million cost cap for the Littoral Combat Ship.
National Defense August 2009	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers weigh in on competition for defense contracts and the true cause of cost overruns in defense spending.
National Defense May 2009 Grace V. Jean	Jury Still Out on Future of Littoral Combat Ship The Navy's littoral combat ship is under fire by lawmakers who are threatening to pull the plug at a time when the Obama administration is prepared to commit long-term funding to the program.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2011 Navjot Kaur	This Defense Contractor Just Got More Protection General Dynamics acquires Force Protection for a 31% premium.
National Defense August 2007 Grace Jean	Littoral Combat Ship Could Slip Behind Schedule as Price Tag Nears $500 Million In the midst of a contentious debate about the Navy's embattled littoral combat ship program, the service's coveted warship has come under fire by its own supporters on Capitol Hill.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: General Dynamics Strong and Silent In advance of earnings reports, analysts are expecting to see sales and profit increases from General Dynamics.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2011 Rich Smith	Defense Cuts? What Defense Cuts? It's full speed ahead for General Dynamics ... and Lockheed Martin.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 Courtney E. Howard	U.S. Navy Officials Announce Milestones During Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition U.S. Navy officials revealed several firsts at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition, including the acceptance and deployment of two new minesweeping warships and the debut of a research-and-development center.
National Defense September 2009 Grace V. Jean	Lockheed Martin Tries to Lure International Customers for Littoral Combat Ship Lockheed Martin Corp. is advertising a "multi-mission" variant of the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship here in hopes of garnering international customers.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2004 Rich Smith	Northrop Grumman Avoids Shoals Northrop Grumman's Newport News shipbuilding subsidiary strikes a deal with a United Steelworkers of America Local 8888.
National Defense August 2007 Grace Jean	Littoral Combat Ship Troubles: Opportunity for Small Boat Companies? With the cost of the Navy's littoral combat ship skyrocketing and its funding in peril, some say the sea service ought to give serious consideration to acquiring cheaper boats that could complement a reduced fleet.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 Rich Smith	In Defense of Obama Given conventional wisdom, which suggests that Republicans would be more favorable to defense-industry companies, what might the effects be from Obama's administration?
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006	General Dynamics Robotic Systems Wins U.S. Navy USV Contract Officials at The U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center have awarded General Dynamics Robotic Systems an $8.5 million contract for two Unmanned Surface Vehicles for the Littoral Combat Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Module.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Rich Smith	America, Defenseless? Some of the nation's biggest defense contractors have begun receiving "Dear John" letters from the Pentagon.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 Courtney E. Howard	USS Freedom Demonstrates Its Power Plant Can Handle Vessel's Sensors and Electronics U.S. Navy personnel powered up the nation's first littoral combat ship to demonstrate that the on-board electric plant can deliver the power required by the warship's advanced sensors and electronics systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2009 Edward J. Walsh	Navy steps out on MODERNIZATION Top Navy leaders are struggling to balance the right kind of ships, the best number of platforms, and the best mix of electronic and electro-optic technologies to meet the changing worldwide threats of the 21st century.
National Defense July 2004 Harold Kennedy	Navy Tests Coastal Warfare Systems Aboard New Catamaran A new high-speed catamaran, just leased for $21.7 million, is helping the U.S. Navy decide what technologies will be most useful in coastal warfare.
National Defense May 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Gates' Rules Don't Apply to Navy Shipbuilding Intense pressure from members of Congress who want to protect employment at the nation's top shipyards will limit the Pentagon's options as it begins a sweeping review of military strategy and equipment needs.
The Motley Fool December 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Boatloads of Profit for General Dynamics and Northrop The U.S. Navy delivers a veritable boatload of certainty to both companies -- and that is meant literally.
National Defense December 2003 Sandra I. Erwin	Littoral Combat Ship Sensors Pose Integration Challenges The LCS is a new warship being designed specifically for coastal operations, in particular anti-submarine warfare, maritime patrol, and mine detection and clearance. It must be integrated with a dispersed force of smaller networked platforms with distributed unmanned sensors.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008 Edward J. Walsh	Navy Advances Surface-Ship Technologies Program managers go all-out on open systems and COTS to upgrade existing destroyers, cruisers, and other surface warships, while looking ahead to new destroyer and cruiser electronics and electro-optics technologies.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2005 Rich Smith	General Dynamics Ready to Deploy $30 million Land Warrior contract could be just the beginning. As good as the program looks for U.S. war-fighters, it looks even better for investors.
Popular Mechanics October 8, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	Unmanned Helicopter Hunts Drug Smugglers MQ-8B became the first unmanned helicopter to conduct actual operations on a navy ship.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2004 Rich Smith	The British Strike Back Britain's BAE Systems outbids General Dynamics for Alvis. Smart move?
The Motley Fool October 28, 2008 Rich Smith	JLTV Program Gets Smaller, Slower For five long months, we've been awaiting word of who would win the JLTV competition. It seems the military just can't decide who's going to build the darn thing.
The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Rich Smith	Neighbors Covet Lockheed's MULE Could it lose the robotic vehicle contract?
National Defense February 2009 Grace V. Jean	Navy's Shipbuilding Strategy Remains Under Fire A fleet of 278 ships today -- less than half of what it was two decades ago -- is likely to continue to shrink unless the Navy can contain the soaring costs of building new ships.
The Motley Fool May 10, 2010 Rich Smith	21st Century Battlefield, 19th Century Technology Even if Lockheed might prefer to win high-dollar contracts for aircraft and satellites, it's just as capable of reaping revenues from smaller-ticket items like blimps.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2005 Rich Smith	A Good Day for General Dynamics $600 million in shipbuilding contracts have been awarded to a General Dynamics subsidiary.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2009 Rich Smith	M-ATV Bids: The Pentagon Picks Its Winners The Pentagon narrowed the field of contenders to just five companies, and asked each one to provide it with three prototype M-ATVs to test. Read on to see who the winners are.
National Defense March 2008 Breanne Wagner	Navy Slows Pursuit of Autonomous Vessels for Coastal Surveillance The Navy has expressed interest in acquiring unmanned vessels that would patrol coastal areas, but budgetary and technological issues are slowing down the development and procurement of these vehicles.
National Defense January 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Fast Cargo Ships Could Halve Trans-Atlantic Trips FastShip Inc., a Philadelphia-based ship design firm, plans to build a high-speed cargo vessel that can cut trans-Atlantic travel time in half. FastShip is a partner with Lockheed Martin in the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship program.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2011 Rich Smith	DDG Me, ASAP It's full-speed ahead for General Dynamics' new ship contracts.
National Defense August 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Inefficient Shipbuilding Jeopardizes Navy's Expansion Goals The Navy owns 277 ships, but somehow manages to keep 551 different engines in its inventory. Such inefficients partly explain why the cost of buying and maintaining ships has spiraled out of control.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2007 Rich Smith	Quick Take: Will Northrop Overrun Aground? While defense contractors work to make manned combat a thing of the past, the Navy earmarks more money to Northrup for an obsolete aircraft carrier.
National Defense January 2009 Grace V. Jean	Marines Eye Littoral Combat Ship for Future Missions The increased demand for naval support in coastal areas, meanwhile, is creating a growing demand for ships that are even smaller than the LCS
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National Defense May 2009 Jean & Erwin	Navy Shifts Shipbuilding Dollars to Mid-Tier Yards Most of the Navy's large warships are built at the nation's "big four" yards in Avondale, La.; Pascagoula, Miss.; Bath Iron Works, Maine; and NASSCO, Calif.