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House Transportation Leaders Want GAO To Review Coast Guard OPC, PSC Programs

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, August 16th, 2021

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House Transportation Leaders Want GAO To Review Coast Guard OPC, PSC Programs

Artist rendering of Offshore Patrol Cutter supplied by Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

The leadership of a House committee that oversees Coast Guard policies on Monday asked congressional auditors to review the service's top two acquisition programs in light of schedule delays and cost overruns. The programs in question are the $12 billion offshore patrol cutter (OPC), which will replace the Coast Guard’s fleet of medium-endurance cutters, and the $2.5 billion polar security cutter (PSC), which will ultimately replace the service’s lone heavy polar icebreaker, the Polar Star. In separate letters dated Aug.…

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]

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Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]