
Moving quickly in the wake of a major change in its original contract for a new medium-class cutter, the Coast Guard on Friday released a notional schedule for the revamped acquisition schedule for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) showing plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for industry studies in early 2020 leading to a contract award in late fiscal year 2022 for detail design and lead ship construction. The notional schedule is contained with a Request for Information…