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Coast Guard acquisitions: Polar Security Cutter needs to stabilize design before starting construction and improve schedule oversight : report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives / United States Government Accountability Office.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Coast Guard--Procurement--Evaluation.
- United States.
- United States. Coast Guard--Appropriations and expenditures.
- United States. Coast Guard.
- Icebreakers (Ships)--United States--Costs.
- Icebreakers (Ships).
- Icebreakers (Ships)--United States--Design and construction.
- Icebreakers (Ships)--United States--Maintenance and repair.
- Armed Forces--Procurement--Evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii, 45 pages) : color illustrations, maps, color photographs
- Production:
- Polar Security Cutter needs to stabilize design before starting construction and improve schedule oversight
- Other Title:
- GAO-23-105949 Coast Guard acquisitions
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2023.
- Summary:
- The U.S. Coast Guard, a component within DHS, has stated that it does not have enough polar icebreakers to meet its missions in the Arctic and Antarctic. To address the gap, the Coast Guard is partnering with the Navy to procure three heavy polar icebreakers, known as Polar Security Cutters. The Coast Guard plans to invest at least $11.6 billion for acquisition, operations, and maintenance of these cutters. This report addresses the (1) factors that contributed to the PSC program's design delays, (2) extent to which the program has established realistic schedule and cost baselines, and (3) status of efforts to maintain and extend the life of the Polar Star until the PSCs are operational. GAO is making two recommendations, including that DHS ensures the design is sufficiently mature before the Coast Guard starts cutter construction and that DHS ensures the Coast Guard adds the third PSC delivery date into its acquisition program baseline.
- Contents:
- Background
- Several factors contributing to slow progress and delays in design maturity
- Program has yet to establish realistic schedule and lead cutter cost baselines and DHS needs to improve schedule oversight
- Facing operational challenges, the Polar Star is undergoing service life extension efforts
- Conclusions
- Recommendations for executive action
- Agency comments and our evaluation
- Appendices.
- Notes:
- "July 2023."
- "GAO-23-105949."
- In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed July 29, 2023).
- OCLC:
- 1391429450
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