
The Coast Guard still plans to recompete production of its Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) before half of the planned buy of 25 vessels are purchased with a Request for Proposals currently expected to be issued for new bids in FY ’24, a service spokesman told Defense Daily on Friday.Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group on Thursday was awarded a potential $2.4 billion contract by the Coast Guard for detail design and production of up to nine OPCs. The initial order is for…