Pentagon's No. 2 says cut in LCS ship program 'not an indictment'WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said the Pentagon’s plan to truncate the Littoral Combat Ship program at 40 ships instead of 52 reflected budget pressures and was “not an indictment” of the program. Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) and Australia’s Austal (ASB.AX) each build different models of the smaller, fast coastal warships. Carter said he wants the Navy to have a competition and pick just one supplier for future ships. Work said the Pentagon decided to buy two of the ships in fiscal 2017, instead of scaling orders back to just one ship as Defense Secretary Ash Carter had ordered in a memo late last year, at the Navy’s request. He said the move was meant to help ensure a smooth transition to a future competition by keeping both shipbuilders working for another year. politicsNews
pentagon no says cut lcs ship program reuters deputy defense secretary robert work said pentagon plan truncated littoral combat ship program ships instead reflected budget pressures indictment program locked martin corp australia postal build different models smaller fast coastal warships carter said wants navy competition pick one supplier future ships work said pentagon decided buy two ships fiscal instead scaling orders back one ship defense secretary ash carter ordered memo late last year navy request he said move meant help ensure smooth transition future competition keeping shipbuilder working another year politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Pentagon's No. 2 says cut in LCS ship program 'not an indictment'WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said the Pentagon’s plan to truncate the Littoral Combat Ship program at 40 ships instead of 52 reflected budget pressures and was “not an indictment” of the program. Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) and Australia’s Austal (ASB.AX) each build different models of the smaller, fast coastal warships. Carter said he wants the Navy to have a competition and pick just one supplier for future ships. Work said the Pentagon decided to buy two of the ships in fiscal 2017, instead of scaling orders back to just one ship as Defense Secretary Ash Carter had ordered in a memo late last year, at the Navy’s request. He said the move was meant to help ensure a smooth transition to a future competition by keeping both shipbuilders working for another year. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: pentagon no says cut lcs ship program reuters deputy defense secretary robert work said pentagon plan truncated littoral combat ship program ships instead reflected budget pressures indictment program locked martin corp australia postal build different models smaller fast coastal warships carter said wants navy competition pick one supplier future ships work said pentagon decided buy two ships fiscal instead scaling orders back one ship defense secretary ash carter ordered memo late last year navy request he said move meant help ensure smooth transition future competition keeping shipbuilder working another year politicsnews