Navy begins implementing changes to Littoral Combat Ship program

摘要

The Navy is establishing eight working groups at Naval Surface Forces Command to carry out sweeping changes made to the Littoral Combat Ship program. Implementing the changes will involve "at least a yearlong effort," according to an August draft briefing of the plan obtained this week by Inside Defense. While each working group will consist of stakeholders from across the Navy, the implementation will be led by Vice Adm. Thomas Rowden, the chief of Naval Surface Forces, and his staff, according to the brief. Rowden's command carried out a review of the program earlier this year and recommended the changes now being instituted.