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“All I want is ships as fast as I can get them,” said Rear Adm. Chad Jacoby when asked about maintaining two shipbuilders for the Offshore Patrol Cutter program.
By Justin Katz![Cost, schedule for Coast Guard’s new cutter is sailing off course: GAO](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/06/DPP-0027_Edited-R-scaled-e1687366130672-225x150.jpg)
The watchdog found the program’s cost has increased 40 percent over the past 10 years, and accumulated a year-and-a-half delay on the first four vessels.
By Justin Katz![Eastern Shipbuilding to sue Coast Guard over Offshore Patrol Cutter award](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/06/DPP-0027_Edited-R-scaled-e1687366130672-225x150.jpg)
Eastern Shipbuilding is escalating its efforts to overturn a $3.3 billion shipbuilding contract awarded by the Coast Guard earlier this year.
By Justin Katz![Eastern Shipbuilding protesting Austal’s cutter win, cites ‘unfair competitive advantage’](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/06/DPP-0027_Edited-R-scaled-e1687366130672-225x150.jpg)
So far, ESG is the only known bidder to file a bid protest against the Coast Guard’s decision to award Austal a contract worth potentially $3.33 billion.
By Justin Katz![Hurricane Michael Hits Coast Guard’s Largest Program, Leaving Devastation](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2018/10/Coast-Guard-e1656351570854-225x150.jpg)
The shipyard building the Coast Guard’s biggest program, the $10 billion Offshore Patrol Cutter program, has been leveled by Hurricane Michael.
By Paul McLeary