The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has directed Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) and the U.S. government to make their final written arguments by next February over the shipbuilder’s protest of the Coast Guard’s $3.3 billion contract to Austal USA in June for the second stage of the offshore patrol cutter (OPC). Once the government and contractor make their final cases on paper, the court will schedule an oral argument, Elaine Kaplan, the chief judge assigned to rule on ESG’s protest,…
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