IOT&E testing for Independence-class LCS completed

The U.S. Navy has completed all the test requirements for the Independence-class LCS. The final assessments were test-firing of the SeaRAM CIWS aboard USS Coronado (LCS-4).

US Navy 130823-N-EW716-001 USS Coronado conducts at-sea acceptance trials
By U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Austal USA/Released [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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This clears the way for the ship to make its maiden deployment to Singapore later year.