Sea-Air-Space 2018: Textron's new Ship-to-Shore Connector gets wet
Textron Systems’ is preparing to put the US Navy's next-generation Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) through builder trails this month after the first craft entered the water.
The SSC is a next-generation Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) to get US Navy and Marine Corps troops to land on more than 80% of the world’s shorelines for the next 30 years.
'We got the first SSC in the water for it's first underway yesterday, and that's a big deal,' Scott Allen, Textron System's vice president marine systems, told Shephard 11 April during Sea-Air-Space 2018. 'That opens the door builders trails and acceptance trials.'
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