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Homeland Security

Schultz: First CG OPC Award This Week, Working Through Waterway Commerce Cutters

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

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Schultz: First CG OPC Award This Week, Working Through Waterway Commerce Cutters

Notional OPC design is 360-feet long, a 54-foot beam, and 17-foot draft. House appropriators propose to fully fund the program in FY '22. (Graphic: Eastern Shipbuilding Group.)

Adm. Karl Schultz, the Coast Guard Commandant, said on Wednesday the service will announce a production award for the first Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) this week and is working its way to develop new Waterway Commerce Cutters.The Coast Guard is planning to procure 25 360-foot OPCs to replace the 27 legacy medium endurance cutters. The OPCs will feature shipboard-launched unmanned aircraft systems, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, and will be over-the-horizon vessels.In August, Schultz said the OPC production contract would be…

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