With contract pricing expiring at the end of June, the U.S. Coast Guard is set to award a second, multi-billion-dollar tranche of Offshore Patrol Cutters. Here's how the competition stacks up:
The old ships still work. And even though the Coast Guard is eager to replace their ancientclass medium-endurance cutters, the obsolete boats are still effective. They’re soldiering on, somehow finding their way into new regions and missions.
It makes sense to wait. A pause, while unpopular, allows the Coast Guard to better prepare for the new ships, iron out the ship’s design hiccups, and re-evaluate a decade-old and obsolete fleet mix. The Coast Guard certainly could, if Congress helped out, still pivot, re-energizing hot production lines for a 12National Security Cutter and a few more Fast Response Cutters. Even the Navy’s soon-to-be-discarded Littoral Combat Ships could help out in a resource pinch.
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