U.S. Navy awards contracts to Lockheed, Austal for 4 more ships
March 10, 2014 at 17:27 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts worth nearly $1.4 billion to buy four more Littoral Combat Ships - two from Lockheed Martin Corp and two from Australia's Austal, the U.S. Defense Department said on Monday.