Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan visits Austal USA's Mobile, Ala., shipyard on June 22, 2023, to view progress on the Offshore Patrol Cutter program. (Austal USA photo) After previous review ...
On Monday, October 18, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG), Northrop Grumman, L3Harris, and industry partners commissioned the new Command, Control, Computers ...
In October 2020, GAO found that the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program started construction on the lead ship with an unstable design. In this report, GAO found that the Coast Guard continues its ...
The stage 1 OPC shipbuilder–Eastern Shipbuilding Group–has experienced persistent challenges in completing construction of four ships. The Coast Guard terminated two of these ships in July 2025, and ...