The US Coast Guard has uncovered significant deficiencies in its $5.6 billion National Security Cutter (NSC) program. Although they are taking steps to resolve these issues, the Department of Homeland ...
Required number of polar icebreakers. A 2023 Coast Guard fleet mix analysis concluded that the service will require a total of eight to nine polar icebreakers, including four to five heavy polar ...
A Coast Guard 26-foot Response Boat-Small crew prepares to return to USCGC William Hart (WPC 1134) after boarding operations off the coast of Holualoa, Big Island, Oct. 21, 2019. William Hart 154-foot ...
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are frustrated about delays and cost overruns with the Coast Guard's polar security cutter program, which is years behind schedule and hundreds of millions of dollars over ...
The Coast Guard is currently building a ship without a plan. The Coast Guard’s highest acquisition priority, the offshore patrol cutter program, has risk because construction is underway, but the ...
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Eastern Shipbuilding Group announced on Friday that it is suspending work on its Offshore Patrol Cutter program. CEO Joey D’Isernia said the program suspension is due ...
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Eastern Shipbuilding Group has confirmed the suspension of the Offshore Patrol Cutter Program – citing major financial strain tied to the project’s structure and conditions.