The Coast Guard remains on track to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) in FY ’18 for the detail design and construction of the first in a line of new heavy polar icebreakers, a service acquisition official said on Tuesday.Rear Adm. Michael Haycock, assistant commandant for Acquisition, also said the service is receiving deliverables from the five industry study teams conducting tradeoff studies and analyses for the icebreaker, “which will help us to refine the specification to support delivery of…
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