Sec. Noem cancels contracts for Offshore Patrol Cutters due to cost overruns

[g5000]

The V-22 Osprey was an abortion. I was damned near killed by one which lost computer control. Fortunately, the pilot was able to avert disaster by manually taking over in the nick of time.

That thing kept crashing and killing Marines, but the government refused to quit. Mostly because it was built in Texas and the real endgame was to make the V-22 into a commuter aircraft.

It was initially supposed to cost $2.5 billion. I think they are over $30 billion at this point.

And the price for a single Osprey skyrocketed from $25 million to $100 million.

That's your basic defense boondoggle, ladies and gentlemen.

 

[g5000]

so you support this,,

Hell no. What gave you that idea?

 

[progressive hunter]

Hell no. What gave you that idea?

so youre for cost overruns supported by politicians because itt helps their local corporations,,

 

[1srelluc]

so youre for cost overruns supported by politicians because itt helps their local corporations,,

......and grifty unions.

 

[jackflash]

Noem cancels contracts with ESG for two Offshore Patrol Cutters

Helping Maritime Professionals Make Informed Decisions

www.marinelog.com

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Friday that she was canceling the contracts for two of the four U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) on order at Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

Cancelation of the ESG contracts, follows Secretary Noem’s June 5 announcement that she was canceling the order at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for the Coast Guard’s eleventh National Security Cutter, saying, “this project was over time and over budget Now the money can be redirected to ensuring the Coast Guard remains the finest, most-capable maritime service in the world.”

The Department said that ESG’s delivery of OPC 1 was initially due in June 2023 but will now be completed by the end of 2026 at the earliest. ESG missed its April 2024 delivery for OPC 2.

The Coast Guard stopped work on OPCs 3 and 4 after ESG notified the service earlier this year they could not fulfill their contractual duty to deliver all four OPCs without unabsorbable loss.

US ship building is a bad joke. The USCG should have an allied nation (like S. Korea) build them, not only saving tax money but they would deliver on time.

Now audit the contractor, union, the CEO, and board of directors for the contracting companies. Find out where the money went.

ESPECIALLY the unions involved.

 

[Rogue AI]

How does cancelling the ships make the Coast Guard better?

The extraordinary waste of resources can be put to better use.

 

[BluesLegend]

When half the corrupt Dems in the country are taking a cut, bribe or kickback you have cost overruns.

 

[pknopp]

The extraordinary waste of resources can be put to better use.

Ships for the coast guard is a waste of resources?

 

[Rogue AI]

Ships for the coast guard is a waste of resources?

Try reading the article. If you can't see the problem you are in the wrong place.

 

[Robert W]

Noem cancels contracts with ESG for two Offshore Patrol Cutters

Helping Maritime Professionals Make Informed Decisions

www.marinelog.com

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Friday that she was canceling the contracts for two of the four U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) on order at Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

Cancelation of the ESG contracts, follows Secretary Noem’s June 5 announcement that she was canceling the order at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for the Coast Guard’s eleventh National Security Cutter, saying, “this project was over time and over budget Now the money can be redirected to ensuring the Coast Guard remains the finest, most-capable maritime service in the world.”

The Department said that ESG’s delivery of OPC 1 was initially due in June 2023 but will now be completed by the end of 2026 at the earliest. ESG missed its April 2024 delivery for OPC 2.

The Coast Guard stopped work on OPCs 3 and 4 after ESG notified the service earlier this year they could not fulfill their contractual duty to deliver all four OPCs without unabsorbable loss.

US ship building is a bad joke. The USCG should have an allied nation (like S. Korea) build them, not only saving tax money but they would deliver on time.

Now audit the contractor, union, the CEO, and board of directors for the contracting companies. Find out where the money went.

When the ships are not even in stages of building, cancelling a contract frees up the coast guard to get a firm who will build them on time.

 

[pknopp]

Try reading the article. If you can't see the problem you are in the wrong place.

I did read the article. It doesn't note that they don't need the boats.

 

[westwall]

The reason our politicians tolerate cost overruns is because each defense contract has requirements that each piece of the final product be built in the districts which have the appropriations and defense committee members.

And not just them. Anyone who can negotiate a "get" in exchange for a trade on some other bill.

And don't forget the kickbacks.

Never forget those.

 

[westwall]

When half the corrupt Dems in the country are taking a cut, bribe or kickback you have cost overruns.

Don't forget the RINO's, those assholes do it too.

 

[progressive hunter]

I did read the article. It doesn't note that they don't need the boats.

what makes you think they wont find another builder??

 

[pknopp]

what makes you think they wont find another builder??

They might.

 

[progressive hunter]

They might.

if the need is there they will find someone that doesnt run over before they even start building,,

 

[pknopp]

if the need is there they will find someone that doesnt run over before they even start building,,

There is nothing saying that there is nothing built.

 

[progressive hunter]

There is nothing saying that there is nothing built.

not enough to support continuing the contract

 

[fncceo]

nationalize the shipbuilding yard and pay-off the owners

It’s amazing there are still people out there who believe the people who run the post office are capable of doing any job better than a private company.

If a private company delivers late or overpriced then it’s because they’ve been led to believe they can.

 

[cnm]

It’s amazing there are still people out there who believe the people who run the post office are capable of doing any job better than a private company.

I suppose that's why Amazon often depends on the post office for the last mile, especially in rural areas where apparently it has not thought the forecast profits sufficient for investment in the public good.

Oh well.