A court upheld the Coast Guard's decision to award Austal the Offshore Patrol Cutter contract, despite an appeal by incumbent builder Eastern Shipbuilding.
A court upheld the Coast Guard's decision to award Austal the Offshore Patrol Cutter contract, despite an appeal by incumbent builder Eastern Shipbuilding.
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The Coast Guard continues to build new ships well before it has nailed down the required technology and design parameters, leading to a costly delay in construction for reworking the vessels, a watchdog warned in recent reports.