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DHS Official Sees Path To Boosting Buys Of Coast Guard NSCs, OPCs and Future Arctic Cutter

DHS Official Sees Path To Boosting Buys Of Coast Guard NSCs, OPCs and Future Arctic Cutter
USCGC Waesche, the second NSC delivered to the Coast Guard, arrives in Pearl Harbor, June 25, 2014, to participate in the 24th Rim of The Pacific exercise, the largest multi-national maritime exercise in the world, which is held biennially off the coast of Hawaii. Photo: Coast Guard

The Coast Guard has a need for more surface assets than currently planned and sees a path forward to expand its fleet, a senior Department of Homeland Security official said on Wednesday. The Coast Guard program has 10 National Security Cutters (NSCs) but there is a need for at least 20 of these high-endurance cutters, Sean Plankey, senior advisor to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for the Coast Guard told an audience at the annual Surface Navy Association Symposium. The 418-foot…

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