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Eastern Shipbuilding Lays Keel for 1st Offshore Patrol Cutter As Program Re-Compete Continues

Eastern Shipbuilding Lays Keel for 1st Offshore Patrol Cutter As Program Re-Compete Continues

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Eastern Shipbuilding laid the keel for its first-in-class offshore patrol cutter, the future Argus, on April 28, 2020. Eastern Shipbuilding image.

This post has been updated to correct the headline. The keel was laid on the first cutter in the class, while a contract was awarded to begin construction on the second.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group laid the keel for the first Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) for the Coast Guard, in an audience-free ceremony at the company’s Panama City, Fla., yard. Read More →

Coast Guard to Re-Compete Multi-Billion Dollar Offshore Patrol Cutter Contract

Coast Guard to Re-Compete Multi-Billion Dollar Offshore Patrol Cutter Contract

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An artist’s conception of Eastern Shipbuilding’s Offshore Patrol Cutter design.

This post was updated to accurately reflect the size of the Offshore Patrol Cutter contract the Coast Guard is re-competing. An earlier version of this post included an incorrect number of hulls included in the re-compete.

The Coast Guard is recompeting its potentially $10.5 billion Offshore Patrol Cutter contract because the program risks falling fatally behind schedule due to hurricane damage to the shipyard initially awarded the contract. Read More →

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