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Coast Guard Revising Schedule For First Polar Security Cutter, GAO Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 5th, 2020

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Coast Guard Revising Schedule For First Polar Security Cutter, GAO Says

Artist rendering of the Polar Security Cutter. Image by Halter Marine and Technology Associates.

The Coast Guard is updating its schedule for its new heavy polar icebreaker after assessing key technologies for the program, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) official said on Wednesday. Delivery of the first Polar Security Cutter (PSC) is currently scheduled for May 2024, two months later than planned in the program’s approved baseline, Marie Mak, director for Contracting and National Security Acquisitions at GAO, told the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security. Previous GAO reports said the…

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