In the tense hours before the U.S. Coast Guard awarded the Offshore Patrol Cutter “Stage 2,” a $3.3 billion dollar contract to build up to 11 Heritage class Offshore Patrol Cutters, shipbuilding ...

The Coast Guard’s program of record (POR), which dates to 2004, calls for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 65 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) as ...

Representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Northrop Grumman and other members of the Offshore Patrol Cutter C5I industry team gather on Oct. 18, 2021, for a ribbon-cutting ...

Eastern Shipbuilding Group and the U.S. Coast Guard christened and launched the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Argus, the lead ship in the Offshore Patrol Cutter program, on Oct. 27, 2023. (Eastern ...

In a production still, the first Offshore Patrol Cutter is expected to launch sometime in 2022. After barely more than two weeks at the helm, the new U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Linda Fagan, ...

The Coast Guard Cutters Joseph Gerczak and Juniper refuel in Papeete, Tahiti, while underway during Operation Aiga, February 6, 2022. The two cutters are in the region combating illegal, unreported, ...

Contractor Austal USA has announced that the U.S. Coast Guard is set to receive new ships, specifically Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs). The contract covers $3.3 billion in funding for up to eleven ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Austal USA announced in a press release new developments concerning its Offshore Patrol Cutter program. Here is the release: Mobile, Ala. – The U.S. Coast Guard exercised options ...

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) on Monday held a keel authentication ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard’s future Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), USCGC Chase (WMSM-916), at its Nelson Street ...

In October 2020, GAO found that the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program started construction on the lead ship with an unstable design. In this report, GAO found that the Coast Guard continues its ...