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Homeland Security

GAO Outlines Ongoing Challenges With Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol And Polar Cutters

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

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GAO Outlines Ongoing Challenges With Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol And Polar Cutters

Offshore Patrol Cutter ARGUS in launch position. Photo: Eastern Shipbuilding Group

The Coast Guard’s top two shipbuilding acquisitions continue to suffer from design challenges, raising the potential for further delays and cost increases, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report that assesses many of the Department of Homeland Security’s major acquisition programs. The offshore patrol cutter (OPC), which will replace aging legacy medium-endurance cutters, has not completed design of various “distributive systems” such as the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system, which could lead to further delays, GAO…

Space

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Congress

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Congress

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