
The Coast Guard’s top acquisition official Tuesday said the service expects the long-delayed first Polar Security Cutter (PSC) to finally start construction by December. Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee’s subcommittee on transportation and maritime security, pressed Coast Guard officials on the PSC timetable and long delays during a Tuesday hearing after hearing analyses and criticism from Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Congressional Research Service experts. Vice Adm. Paul Thomas, Deputy…