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» An exploratory analysis of Littoral Combat Ships’ ability to protect Expeditionary Strike Groups
   Naval Postgraduate School thesis by Motale E. Efimba.
   http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/fulcrum_main.pl?database=ft_u2&searchid=107751386710337&keyfieldvalue=ADA418556&filename=%2Ffulcrum%2Fdata%2FTR_fulltext%2Fdoc%2FADA418556.pdf

» Background and Issues for Congress
   CRS report by Ronald O’Rourke on LCS costs and alternatives.
   http://www.ndu.edu/library/docs/crs/crs_rs21305_23dec04.pdf

» Bath Iron Works LCS Fact Sheet
   General Dynamics trimaran design characteristics.
   http://www.gdbiw.com/company_overview/Programs/LCSFactSheet.pdf

» General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship Team
   Trimaran hull LCS design.
   http://www.gdlcs.com/

» Global Security
   Overview, history, background and LCS designs.
   http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/lcs.htm

» Littoral Combat Ship
   News and project information at Naval Technology.
   http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/littoral/index.html

» Lockheed Martin LCS
   Semi-planing monohull LCS design.
   http://www.lmlcsteam.com/

» Lockheed Martin team unveils baseline 3 design
   Press release with details on Lockheed Martin's semi-planing monohull LCS design.
   http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/04-06-2004/0002142064

» Naval Transformation and the Littoral Combat Ship
   Robert O. Work of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments on the small combatant in networked naval warfare.
   http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/Archive/P.20040218.CSBA_Releases_Repo/P.20040218.CSBA_Releases_Repo.htm

» Navy Announces Flight 0 Littoral Combat Ship Contract Option Awards
   Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics have been chosen to submit detailed designs and possibly build up to two prototype LCS each.
   http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13544

» Navy DD(X) and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs
   CRS report by Ronald O'Rourke on congressional options.
   http://www.fas.org/man/crs/RL32109.pdf

» Navy plans need to allow enough time to demonstrate capability of first Littoral Combat Ships
   GAO report recommends that selection of a Flight 1 design be delayed until after experiments with the Flight 0 prototypes.
   http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05255.pdf

» Navy sails into untested waters
   US Navy's ambitious plans for the LCS raises concerns from some members of Congress.
   http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040322-9999-news_1n22ship.html

» Small Combat Ships and the Future of the Navy
   Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments study by Robert O. Work.
   http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/Archive/B.20041030.SmlCmbtShips/B.20041030.SmlCmbtShips.pdf