Category: OPC
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Austal USA lays keel of its first OPC: Pickering (WMSM 919)
Austal USA lays keel of its first OPC: Pickering (WMSM 919) Austal USA yesterday hosted a keel laying ceremony for Pickering (WMSM 919), the first U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) to be built at the company’s Mobile, Ala., shipyard. Pickering (WMSM 919). is being built under a contract that includes up…
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GAO: Coast Guard should finish OPC designs before expanding construction
GAO: Coast Guard should finish OPC designs before expanding construction The U.S. Coast Guard should complete key design work before authorizing construction of additional Offshore Patrol Cutters, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released this week. The watchdog warned that the service risks further delays, rework and rising costs if it continues…
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USCG awards Austal USA $314M for OPC long lead time materials
USCG awards Austal USA $314M for OPC long lead time materials Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) reports that the United States Coast Guard has exercised options with its Austal USA subsidiary worth US$314 million (The contract options approve Austal to order long lead time materials LLTM) for another three Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), Austal USA’s fourth…