"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.
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.
“Tactical operating system” for warfighters has evolved to provide more situational awareness of the battlefield.
Eastern Shipbuilding is escalating its efforts to overturn a $3.3 billion shipbuilding contract awarded by the Coast Guard earlier this year.
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.
The shipyard building the Coast Guard's biggest program, the $10 billion Offshore Patrol Cutter program, has been leveled by Hurricane Michael.