Eastern Shipbuilding is displaying a model of its Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) at Sea-Air-Space 2015 that is being used to compete for the US Coast Guard (USCG) OPC programme.
The USCG OPC programme is worth $10.7 billion and Eastern Shipbuilding, alongside Bollinger Shipyards and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works is nine months in to an 18-month engineering design phase worth $22 million each.
In early 2016 the programme is expected to move into a final design phase but this could be pushed back. The OPC programme was earlier delayed by 90 days because of a protest by Huntingdon Ingalls Industries
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Forming part of the Reconciliation Bill, the funding will support multiple efforts involving autonomous capabilities, interceptors, missiles, rockets and torpedoes.
The delivery acceptance of the future USS Pierre marks the conclusion of the construction phase for the Independence-variant.
The new Barracuda version has been engineered to perform enhanced subsea and seabed warfare missions.
The nearly $25 billion investment will cover USCG procurement of cutters, aircraft, helicopters, training simulators and Polar capabilities over the next four years.
After commissioning, FRC Frederick Mann will operate in Alaska and perform multiple missions.
The US Coast Guard (USCG) created new units, including five Programme Executive Offices (PEOs), to facilitate and speed up the procurement of new capabilities.
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