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Polar Icebreaker Winner Meets Threshold Requirements, Has Incentives For Early Delivery

Polar Icebreaker Winner Meets Threshold Requirements, Has Incentives For Early Delivery
Artist rendering of the Polar Security Cutter. Image by Halter Marine and Technology Associates.

The Coast Guard and Navy said VT Halter Marine's winning design for the new Polar Security Cutter (PSC) “meets or exceeds all threshold requirements” in the ship specification and includes incentives to deliver early. On Tuesday, VT Halter won a potential $1.9 billion contract to start detail design and construction of up to three PSCs. This will be the first new heavy polar icebreaker of the U.S. in over 40 years. A majority of the contract work will be performed in Pascagoula,…

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