The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard said the service is prepared for a possible protest of last week’s offshore patrol cutter award, he told USNI News.

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

The U.S. Coast Guard partially terminated a contract with Eastern Shipbuilding in Panama City for the construction of four ...

The offshore patrol cutters’ initial acquisition program was approved in 2012, leading the Coast Guard to select Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. for the ship’s detail design.

When the U.S. Coast Guard announced Eastern Shipbuilding Group would build the first of the new Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC) ...

US Coast Guard Photo. The Coast Guard’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget request falls $69 million short of fully funding the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) and instead relies on a funding transfer ...

The Coast Guard awarded a fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract to Austal USA of Mobile, Ala. to produce up to 11 offshore patrol cutters (OPCs). The initial award is valued at $208.26 million ...

With a total value of $10.5 billion, the Offshore Patrol Cutter (formally known as the Heritage (WMSM 915) class cutter) is a top Coast Guard procurement priority. The contract to build these mid ...

The U.S. Coast Guard announced that Naval Station Newport, R.I. will be home to future Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs). “I am excited to announce the homeporting of two Offshore Patrol Cutters at Naval ...

Austal today announced plans to build up to 11 offshore patrol cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard. Larry Rogers, vice president of business development and external affairs at Austal, said this is a ...

“The offshore patrol cutter is absolutely vital to Coast Guard mission excellence as we recapitalize our legacy medium endurance cutters, some of which are more than 50 years old,” Adm. Linda ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a statement saying, “United States Department of Homeland Security ...