More National Security Cutters on the Way
1/31/2019
By Jon Harper
Huntington Ingalls’ shipbuilding division has been awarded contracts to build two more national security cutters for the Coast Guard. The program could create funding challenges for the service’s icebreaker initiative, a seapower expert said.
The fixed-price contract awards were announced in December, totaling more than $930 million for the 10th and 11th NSCs. The money was appropriated by Congress in the fiscal year 2018 budget, even though the Coast Guard did not request the vessels. Some lawmakers are pushing for a 12th national security cutter.
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