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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – When the U.S. Coast Guard announced Eastern Shipbuilding Group would build the first of the new Offshore ...

Austal USA was awarded a contract with a potential value of $3.3 billion for the detail design and construction of up to 11 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC) for the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Coast Guard has plans to build 25 Heritage Class Offshore Patrol Cutters, including four now slated to be homeported at ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Austal USA announced in a press release new developments concerning its Offshore Patrol Cutter program. Here is the release: Mobile, Ala. – The U.S. Coast Guard exercised options ...

The Coast Guard halted work on the third and fourth cutters, citing Eastern Shipbuilding's inability to fulfill the contract without significant losses. Dunn and Chapin emphasize the importance of ...

Shore infrastructure backlogs are hampering other US Coast Guard acquisitions such as the Offshore Patrol Cutter (shown here in a rendering), the Government Accountability Office told Congress. (US ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Austal USA has a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to build a second Offshore Patrol Cutter. According to a release from Austal USA, the $273 million option is part of a ...

The Coast Guard authenticated the keel for the future Coast Guard Cutter Pickering during a ceremony Monday in Mobile, Alabama. Keel authentication is a time-honored shipbuilding tradition marking the ...

Mobile, Ala. – The U.S. Coast Guard exercised options worth $314 million to Austal USA for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program. The contract options provide Austal USA approval to order long lead ...