US Coast Guard secures approval for new cutter construction

Approval for full production enables the coast guard and U. Navy integrated program office to maintain production momentum, and for the shipbuilder to accelerate hiring to deliver these vessels as quickly as possible to support national security initiatives.

The PSC is the first heavy polar icebreaker to be built in the US in nearly five decades.

The coast guard is the sole federal agency responsible for icebreaking. Accordingly, the service must replace, modernise, and grow its fleet of icebreakers to assure US. access and sovereignty in the polar regions.