LCS 19: One of the Freedom-class littoral fight ships geared up with FMD engines ((mage: Lockheed Martin)
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio firm of Arcline Investment Management, has been awarded a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) necessities contract by the U.S. Navy. The settlement makes FMD the only real supply for engineering and technical help of the primary propulsion diesel engines on the Navy’s Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program.
FMD wsick present international upkeep and restore providers and OEM components to enhance engine efficiency and improve operational availability. Additionally, the protection contractor’s factory-certified technicians will conduct important coaching in order that Navy sailors are additionally geared up to help emergent restore wants for these crucial items of apparatus.
“Supporting our nation’s fleets requires a finely tuned balance of service and speed of delivery. This is something that Fairbanks Morse Defense has mastered over more than a century of configuring the delivery of every customer engagement,” stated FMD CEO George Whittier. “We manufactured and delivered the main propulsion diesel engines for the LCS Freedom-class vessels, and no one else knows these engines better than our service team. We stand ready to provide the essential services that ensure our fleet is always mission-ready.”
