PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Eastern Shipbuilding Group announced on Friday that it is suspending work on its Offshore Patrol Cutter program. CEO Joey D’Isernia said the program suspension is due ...

The Coast Guard today issued a notice to Austal USA, the offshore patrol cutter (OPC) Stage 2 contractor, to proceed on detail design work to support future production of OPCs. The Coast Guard issued ...

James Di Pane is a policy analyst focusing on defense policy in the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation. The Coast Guard is currently building a ship ...

Adm. Charles W. Ray, vice commandant of the Coast Guard, tours the construction of the first offshore patrol cutter at the Eastern Shipbuilding Group shipyard in Panama City, Florida, Thursday, March ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Sparks flew and cheers erupted as the first cut of steel began construction of the newest offshore patrol cutter at Austal USA. It was the first of many steel cuttings to come.

Here is a portion of the release. Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA started construction on its second Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), Icarus (WMSM 920). Like Pickering (WMSM 919), Icarus is ...

After a shaky start, the U.S. Coast Guard is accelerating the pace of its highest acquisition priority, the Heritage class Offshore Patrol Cutter program. Today, the U.S. Coast Guard is soliciting ...

In the tense hours before the U.S. Coast Guard awarded the Offshore Patrol Cutter “Stage 2,” a $3.3 billion dollar contract to build up to 11 Heritage class Offshore Patrol Cutters, shipbuilding ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - History was made at Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City Friday afternoon. The community came together for the christening and launching of the U.S. Coast Guard ...

Representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Northrop Grumman and other members of the Offshore Patrol Cutter C5I industry team gather on Oct. 18, 2021, for a ribbon-cutting ...

The Coast Guard is currently building a ship without a plan. The Coast Guard’s highest acquisition priority, the offshore patrol cutter program, has risk because construction is underway, but the ...