LCS stumbles toward becoming a true warship...

Via UPI...

Swedish defense manufacturer Saab will supply the U.S. Navy multi-role naval surveillance radar system Sea Giraffe AMB as part of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Program.Saab won the contract through its U.S. subsidiary Saab Sensis Corp., which manages the U.S. baseline of Sea Giraffe AMB, and will provide program management hardware and software adaptations, system integration, testing, and total life cycle support to the Littoral Combat Ship Program.
Saab hailed the contract as an important breakthrough for the company's naval radar system in the United States.

Read the whole thing here.  Not getting into the question of why the US Navy would seek to protect our ship building base but not our electronic industry is beyond what I'm aiming for ... what I am seeking to hit is the idea that the LCS might be one of those weapon systems that you buy and then fix after you get it in service.

The LCS has tons of critics but they might be missing something with this announcement.  The Navy might up arm and specialize this ship once they figure out exactly how they're going to deploy it.  New Wars idea of smaller, specialized ships fighting swarming type actions but with high tech gear might be coming true.

We'll see.