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Zukunft Says OPC, Polar Icebreaker Funded In FY ’18 Blueprint

Zukunft Says OPC, Polar Icebreaker Funded In FY ’18 Blueprint
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul F. Zukunft. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

The Trump administration’s budget blueprint for FY ’18 includes Coast Guard funding to continue efforts on a new heavy polar icebreaker and the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft told a Senate panel on Wednesday.There is a $1 billion mark in the Navy’s shipbuilding budget for the icebreaker and the program remains on an accelerated track with ongoing industry studies and plans to award a contract and “start cutting steel in the next year,” Zukunft told…

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