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Archives by date > 2012 > September > 28th

Rapid Fire Sept. 28, 2012: Attack of the Green-Eye Shade People

Sep 28, 2012 10:15 UTC

  • US Navy Rear Admiral Thomas J. Moore, PEO Aircraft Carriers, reminds the industry that cost overruns feed “right into the hands of the people who question the need for 11 big-deck carriers” and “cutting a ship … is enticing for the green-eye shade folks.”

  • Pentagon deputy Ashton Carter to the Department: keep training and contracting as usual.

  • The US Coast Guard released its finalized RFP for Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC). A two-phase, down-select strategy will start with Preliminary & Contract Design (P&CD) and end with building up to 11 OPCs. Phase I will be awarded as a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract in the coming fiscal year with a Phase II award (with built-in incentives in the contract) three years later. The road map can be found here.

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