The workers of Marinette Marine ...craftsmanship.
This is a great example of working together...
The Navy has confidence in Marinette and Lockheed Martin...
This is all BOVINE PROCESSED HAY! I have been close to the LCS for many years and Sen. Herb Kohl announcement is as far from the truth as it could be. Martin's ineptitude and greed are legion. Its a complicated and sad story - but very briefly:
1- Their LCS was designed, built, and performs poorly - far below the original design goals. It may "look" good but it ain't.
2- Their cost overruns were so egregious that they: a) nearly sank the entire LCS project, b) resulted in the Navy project manager getting canned, c) had the nerve (and political clout) to extort even more money from the Navy, and d)was a major reason the total number of LCSs to be ordered was so drastically reduced. (In fairness, the Navy is not without sin here but nothing compared to the malfeasance of Martin)
3-The only reason Martin got a reorder was due to political pressure from Congress. Compared to the competing LCS ship designed and built by General Dynamics, Martin was and is an embarrassment.
I don’t know the details of the contract, but I suspect you are accurate. But notice how Herbie spins it? It certainly impressed me, and I further suspect he did it only because he’s heard how angry Wisconsin voters were at Feingold over his arrogant manner at the series of Town Halls he held last year.
He didn’t even pretend to listen to the taxpayer complaints. And he always had a rejoinder about taxpayers in OTHER districts were begging him to vote for Obamacare. I don’t know where those OTHER districts were because pretty much all of WI hates Obamacare.
Herbie is afraid that unless Wisconsin anger is soothed, he may go down in flames next election.