The committee's blueprint, which passed on a party-line vote Wednesday, provides $260 million for four Fast Response Cutters, $240 million above the request to finish the program. Keep Reading
"The long-term solution is to recognize the Coast Guard’s crucial role in maintaining our national security." Keep Reading
The Offshore Patrol Cutter program, replacing the Medium Endurance Cutter fleet, would get $546 million; it "provides for construction of OPC #3 and Long Lead Time Materials for OPC #4." Keep Reading
The FY 2020 total is $49.8 million less than what the service received a year ago but is $846.7 million more than what was initially proposed in President Donald Trump’s FY 2020 budget request. Keep Reading
"We are not completely wedded to just Eastern Shipbuilding. It's a great yard that is doing good work, but this is their first defense article that they have built." Keep Reading
With a total value of $10.5 billion, the Offshore Patrol Cutter (formally known as the Heritage (WMSM 915) class cutter) is a top Coast Guard procurement priority. Keep Reading
When Bath Iron Works lost an Offshore Patrol Cutters contract for the U.S. Coast Guard in 2016, shipbuilders there were worried that layoffs were imminent. Keep Reading
Eastern Shipbuilding Group submitted a request in June 2019 for extraordinary contract relief after their shipbuilding facilities sustained significant hurricane damage. Keep Reading
"When I take a look back, not long ago, our piers were chock-full of tired and aging cutters," commandant said. "Today, you’ll smell fresh paint." Keep Reading