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According to national defense science and technology information network, according to the French Aerospace Defense Network October 7, 2011 report, September 2008, received the first U.S. Navy Littoral Combat ships ship “free” number (LCS 1), the ship’s prime contractor for Lockheed Martin. According to the Department of Defense Office of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT & E) said the Littoral Combat Ship is designed for use in shallow coastal areas of operations, while larger ships can not be achieved in the same region the same mobility.

according to Defense Department regulations, the general contractor to submit to the Government “material inspection and receiving report”, or DD250 form. When the Department of Defense under contract to receive equipment and access to services, to sign DD250 form.

according to the Defense Contract Management Agency Web site explains, DD250 form is a multi-purpose reports, as: (1) that the Government received the equipment/materials (ie, ownership of the case to the Government); (2) contracting manufacturers to pay for goods list; (3) shipping and receiving, packing list; (4) government quality inspection certificate.

However, the government took some equipment or services, such as receiving a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars in ships, does not mean that this product is fully satisfied. According to Defense Contract Management Agency document: “allowed to receive a defective product (which is to meet the ships deployed), but to know there are any defects (defects may be the lack of hardware, software, or through some tests, etc.), and contracting business within the specified time to correct these defects in this case, DD250 form should indicate the product defect list, and when the contractor will, in what way to correct these deficiencies. “

from the Littoral Combat Ship’s DD250 form can be seen, “free” number is an instance of the circumstances described above. When the “free” was delivered, the system does not have a lot in August 2008, the first sea trials in the acceptance inspection. These systems are scheduled in 2009′s second sea trial in the evaluation and acceptance.

“freedom” in the 2008 sea trials of acceptance defects found in some systems, such as at the top of Dorna’s ship control systems and air defense artillery radar systems. Ram missile launchers non-compliance, may be a problem in some circumstances.

now 3 years later, did not know what was the status of compliance of the system now. Government oversight of project organization (POGO) will go to Lockheed Martin and the Navy to investigate. Department of Defense released earlier this year, Operational Test and Evaluation Office of the fiscal year 2010 annual report: “‘Freedom’ in ship control system performed well in tests, but the ship self-defense and protection of the required number of mission package the previous system, there are reliability problems. “

either” free “was the progress of the relevant circumstances, the Coast Guard” deep “experience of the project are the government is still worried. In this project, the Coast Guard vessel received by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman-led team of construction of the joint. However, the Coast Guard received a large number of defects exist, this should not be allowed to receive ships. Published online on YouTube a video, Lockheed Martin engineer Michael DeKort disclosure of some of the project.

DeKort in the Coast Guard, “Deep Sea” project at the House hearing that he noticed ships of non-compliance problem is not resolved, or even a place in the DD250 is not up to the table are not reflected.

DeKort said: “The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General said the Coast Guard until July 2005 did not meet the ships received only know, when the first batch of 123 ships from the reception has been a year and a half. found on all incoming ships problems are not resolved. From this point, combined with the DD250 form does not reflect the fact that these problems can verify my point of view, that is, to the Coast Guard, Lockheed Martin deliberately hide these problems. ”

through the Freedom of Information Act, government oversight of project organization to obtain a second ship Littoral Combat Ship “Independence” of the DD250 form, the date marked on the cover of December 2009. However, with the “free” was the DD250 form is different from “independent” of the DD250 form no attachments.

This may partly explain why the Navy until last year (2010) at the end, has not been received by the General Dynamics-led contractor team construction of “Independence” of the entire system.

Department of Defense in fiscal year 2010 annual test report, “independent” part of the year just completed sea trials and acceptance, and acceptance of a number of projects will be postponed to early 2011 and acceptance sea trials for the second time. The ship is not complete, some systems and cabins have not been recognized by the Government. (Zhao full)

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