Accession Number:

AD1017538

Title:

Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Congressional Research Service Washington United States

Personal Author(s):

• O'Rourke,Ronald

Report Date:

2016-09-16

Pagination or Media Count:

42.0

Abstract:

The Coast Guards acquisition program of record POR calls for procuring 8 National Security Cutters NSCs, 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters OPCs, and 58 Fast Response Cutters FRCs as replacements for 90 aging Coast Guard cutters and patrol craft. The Coast Guards proposed FY2017 budget requests a total of 467 million in acquisition funding for the NSC, OPC, and FRC programs.

Descriptors:

• national security
• unmanned aerial vehicles
• marine transportation
• test and evaluation
• department of homeland security
• coast guard
• cost estimates
• procurement
• shipbuilding
• contracts

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE