Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress
Abstract
The Coast Guard s 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 NSC, OPC, and FRC programs have a combined estimated acquisition cost of about $21.1 billion, and the Coast Guard s proposed FY2014 budget requests a total of $716 million in acquisition funding for the three programs. NSCs are the Coast Guard s largest and most capable general-purpose cutters. They have an estimated average procurement cost of about $684 million per ship. The first three are now in service, the fourth and fifth are under construction, and the sixth has been funded. The Coast Guard s proposed FY2014 budget requests $616 million in acquisition funding for the seventh NSC; it does not request any funding for long lead time materials (LLTM) for the eighth NSC, which is scheduled to be procured in FY2015. OPCs are to be smaller, less expensive, and in some respects less capable than NSCs. They have an estimated average procurement cost of about $484 million per ship. The first OPC is to be procured in FY2017. The Coast Guard s proposed FY2014 budget requests $25 million in acquisition funding for the OPC program. FRCs are considerably smaller and less expensive than OPCs. They have an estimated average procurement cost of about $73 million per boat. A total of 18 have been funded through FY2012, and the first six had been delivered as of May 18, 2013. The Coast Guard s proposed FY2014 budget requests $75 million in acquisition funding for two FRCs and associated program costs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 24, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA590436
Entities
People
- Ronald O'Rourke
Organizations
- Library of Congress