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Archives by date > 2012 > August > 8th

LPD-17 Reliability Issues Surface Again

Aug 08, 2012 13:20 UTC

Latest updates[?]: More class problems with propulsion.
LPD-17 USS San Antonio Towed Out

“Need a tow?”

Problems with USS New York [LPD 21] reportedly have the US Navy scrutinizing every ship built in the class’ 2 shipyards. Unfortunately, it’s just the latest installment in a long string of basic workmanship issues. In March 2005, “Cost Overruns, Budget Uncertainties Hurting USN and Contractors” noted:

“With the help of a $50 million grant from the state of Louisiana, Northrop Grumman has modernized production at Avondale, and the company is now projecting completion of future amphibious ships at a much faster pace than in the past. Nevertheless, scathing Navy inspector general reviews that detailed shoddy construction and basic workmanship problems at Avondale are cause for legitimate concern in areas that will not be fixed by modernization alone.”

While some teething problems are common for first ships of a new class, The new San Antonio Class stands out for their number and severity. All in a ship whose costs rose from about $700 million when the program was sold, to over $1.7 billion – then stayed at that drastically elevated level through subsequent vessels.

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Rapid Fire August 8, 2012: US Administration to Spell out Sequester

Aug 08, 2012 10:50 UTC

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  • President Obama signed the Sequestration Transparency Act (H.R. 5872), a bill that compels his administration to submit to Congress a detailed report on sequestration within the next 30 days.

  • Pratt & Whitney Canada may have settled with the US Department of Justice after pleading guilty to violating the Arms Export Control Act, but the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee sent a letter to SecDef Panetta to urge him to consider barring the company from DoD contracts. On June 28 the Department of State already imposed a statutory debarment [PDF] on P&W Canada (not its parent UTC).

  • Academi, the company formerly known as Blackwater then XE, settled charges of arms export and other firearms regulatory violations by agreeing to pay a $7.5M fine on top of a $42M settlement with the Department of State.

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