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GAO: 40 Percent Cost Growth In Coast Guard Cutter Result Of Poor Shipbuilding Policies, Hurricane

Thursday, June 22nd, 2023

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GAO: 40 Percent Cost Growth In Coast Guard Cutter Result Of Poor Shipbuilding Policies, Hurricane

Rendering of Coast Guard offshore patrol cutter. (Source: Eastern Shipbuilding Group)

A new report by independent government auditors found the Coast Guard’s policy choices including design and construction concurrency, and the effects of a 2018 hurricane, have contributed to 40 percent cost growth and 18-month delays in the first four vessels in the service’s new offshore patrol cutter (OPC) program. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report published June 20 found that these costs and delays are outgrowths of the Coast Guard’s decisions to conduct technology development, design and construction phases concurrently,…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

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Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

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