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Homeland Security

GAO Warns Design Maturity For Coast Guard Icebreaker Years Away

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, July 28th, 2023

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GAO Warns Design Maturity For Coast Guard Icebreaker Years Away

Computer rendering of Coast Guard's proposed polar security cutter. (Image: Coast Guard)

The Coast Guard currently plans to hold its production readiness reviews in March 2024 for its first new heavy icebreaker but a congressional auditing agency last week warned that this timeline is overly optimistic given current progress in designing the ship. “Notwithstanding the program’s plans to ensure the shipyard completes functional design prior to required production readiness reviews, our analysis indicates the ability to hold those reviews with completion is years away unless the design maturity improves significantly faster than…

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