(WASHINGTON) — The Defense Department has awarded Lockheed Martin and Austal one new contract apiece to build additional littoral combat ships, Reuters reported. Lockheed's contract covers construction of LCS 25, another Freedom-variant ship built by Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wis. Austal's contract covers construction of LCS 26, an Independence-variant LCS built in Mobile, Ala. The Pentagon said the cost of each ship could not exceed the congressional cap of $564 million.
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