Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Friday that she was canceling the contracts for two of the four U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) on order at Eastern Shipbuilding
Offshore Patrol Cutter [Image ESG]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Friday that she was canceling the contracts for two of the four U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) on order at Eastern Shipbuilding Group.
Cancelation of the ESG contracts, follows Secretary Noem’s June 5 announcement that she was canceling the order at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for the Coast Guard’s eleventh National Security Cutter, saying, “this project was over time and over budget Now the money can be redirected to ensuring the Coast Guard remains the finest, most-capable maritime service in the world.”
The Department said that ESG’s delivery of OPC 1 was initially due in June 2023 but will now be completed by the end of 2026 at the earliest. ESG missed its April 2024 delivery for OPC 2. The Coast Guard stopped work on OPCs 3 and 4 after ESG notified the service earlier this year
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