The article I saw this morning on Navy Times had LCS-1 (the monohull) running currently at $637M, while the trimaran LCS-2 at $704M... Makes the program I work on, even with its "warts", look like a bargain.
I seriously doubt they'll ever get either hull design below the $460M price that's used in the article. I would not be surprised if the whole program gets the big CANCELED stamp on it.
Cheers,
-CM-