{"id":34304,"date":"2018-10-23T12:19:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T12:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/23\/lockheed-planning-big-shift-away-from-lcs-propulsion-system-for-its-future-frigate-offering\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:51:00","slug":"lockheed-planning-big-shift-away-from-lcs-propulsion-system-for-its-future-frigate-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/euronaval\/2018\/10\/23\/lockheed-planning-big-shift-away-from-lcs-propulsion-system-for-its-future-frigate-offering\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed planning big shift away from LCS propulsion system for its future frigate offering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PARIS \u2013 Lockheed Martin is planning to shift from its littoral combat ship<\/a>\u2019s water-jet propulsion to a propulsion system that the U.S. Navy is more familiar with for its future frigate offering, Lockheed\u2019s vice president for small combatants and ship systems told reporters at the 2018 Euronaval show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it works through the Navy\u2019s requirements for its FFG(X)<\/a> program, Lockheed is hoping that a more traditional twin-screw design with independent drive trains will entice the service towards its offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the major hang-ups with the design requirements for all the competitors has been requirement that the engineering spaces be separated by a certain number of meters so that if the ship takes damage in one area, the other space should be online to drive the ship. If the design can\u2019t meet the spacing requirement, an alternative propulsion unit has to be installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\t