The U.S. Coast Guard’s $12 billion program to acquire 25 new cutters is taking on risk by constructing ships before finalizing the design and some of the critical technologies on the new ship, ...
ARLINGTON, Virginia — The Coast Guard has been working for years to design and build new ships to replace aging cutters and icebreakers, and last year a government watchdog issued scathing criticisms ...
An estimated $20 billion Coast Guard shipbuilding program that has failed to put a cutter into service amid ballooning costs and lengthy delays must have better oversight, according to a government ...