Austal USA yeej loj $ 3.3 nphom duas Offshore Patrol Cutter Daim ntawv cog lus

Hauv cov sij hawm nruj ua ntej US Coast Guard tau muab tsub rau Offshore Patrol Cutter "Theem 2," daim ntawv cog lus $ 3.3 txhiab daus las los tsim kom txog li 11. Cuab yeej cuab tam Chav Kawm Offshore Patrol Cutters, cov thawj coj tsim nkoj tau tawm tsam kom nyob ua haujlwm. Ib tus neeg tsim nkoj nkoj, tau nyob hauv qhov chaw ntxoov ntxoo Navy Yard bar, kawm nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes, ua lag luam cov lus xaiv tshiab, thiab suav cov teev ua ntej ceeb toom. Nyob rau yav tav su hu xov tooj rau tsawg kawg plaub lub nkoj nkoj, US Coast Guard thaum kawg tau tshaj tawm xov xwm tias nws tau muab khoom plig rau Australia daim ntawv cog lus loj loj shipbuilding-ib qhov loj tshaj plaws qhib kev sib tw nkoj tsim kev sib tw hauv ob peb xyoos dhau los.

Austal qhov yeej yog qhov tshwj xeeb.

Ameslikas yog ib tug ntshiab-ua si txhuas shipbuilder, Austal lub Alabama-raws li US chaw ua hauj lwm tsuas yog nyuam qhuav hloov mus rau steel tsim, siv $50 lab nyob rau hauv tseem fwv cov nyiaj los qhib ib tug $100 lab steel shipbuilding chaw nyob rau hauv lub Plaub Hlis 2022. Raws li Austal USA lub Independence Class Littoral Combat Ship thiabCov Muaj hmuv Expeditionary Fast Transport cov kab ntau lawm ua rau raug mob, Navy maj mam hloov qee cov hlau ua haujlwm rau Austal. Thaum kawg ntawm 2021, Navy tau muab Austal $ 385 lab daim ntawv cog lus rau ob-thiab txog li tsib-Navajo (T-ATS 6) Hoob cab, cawm, thiab cawm lub nkoj. Lub lim tiam dhau los, Navy tau muab tsub rau Austal $ 128 lab daim ntawv cog lus rau Kev Pabcuam Floating Dry Dock, Nruab Nrab, lossis AFDM. Lub chaw nres nkoj tau ua tiav, tab sis, tsis muaj daim ntawv cog lus loj, lub nkoj nkoj cov neeg ua haujlwm tau mob siab rau thiab tau txais kev cob qhia yuav raug tso tseg.

Offshore Patrol Cutter daim ntawv cog lus hloov tej yam. Raws li Australian Thawj Tswj Hwm Rusty Murdaugh tau hais nyob rau hauv ib daim ntawv qhia, "Qhov kev pab cuam no yuav muab peb pab neeg tsim khoom shipbuilding kom ruaj khov rau kev loj hlob ntxiv."

Senator Richard Shelby, Alabama tus muaj zog Republican Senator, zoo siab heev, hais qhov kev txiav txim "hais qhia txog cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv ntiaj teb thiab cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj ntawm lub nkoj txawb." Nws hais ntxiv, "Qhov kev cog lus no hais txog kev ntseeg siab thiab lub zog ntawm Austal cov neeg ua haujlwm nyob hauv Gulf ntug dej hiav txwv, nrog rau lawv lub peev xwm xa tawm."

Raws li Jilted Shipbuilders React, Kev Tawm Tsam Looms:

Cov tshuaj tiv thaiv tau nrawm raws li stunned shipbuilders sau npe lawv poob.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, lub chaw tsim khoom hauv nkoj uas tau tsim los tsim thawj plaub Offshore Patrol Cutters, tsis zoo siab tos txais cov xov xwm ntawm ob txoj kab ntau lawm. Pawg Thawj Tswj Hwm, Joey D'Isernia, tau hais tsis ncaj, qhia Cov Ntaub Ntawv Xov Xwm "Peb poob siab heev hauv qhov kev txiav txim siab no thiab tab tom ntsuas peb cov kev xaiv."

Florida Senator, Republican Marco Rubio, nkim sijhawm los teeb tsa nws tus kheej ntawm qhov tsis sib xws nrog US Coast Guard thiab nrog Alabama tus sawv cev ntawm Republican feem ntau, tshaj tawm tias "Qhov kev txiav txim siab niaj hnub no yog qhov pom luv luv," thiab fuming tias "qhov kev txiav txim siab no yuav ua rau cov neeg them se them nyiaj ntau dua thiab ua rau qeeb ntawm cov nkoj tseem ceeb no.

Lwm tus neeg saib xyuas kev tsim nkoj tau xav tsis thoob los ntawm Coast Guard qhov kev txiav txim siab, xav tsis thoob yog tias Austal, muab tias nws tsis muaj kev paub txog steel fabrication, muaj underbid, thiab, los ntawm kev ntsib ib tug twb daunting portfolio ntawm tshiab steel ua hauj lwm, muaj kev pheej hmoo ntawm tsis ua hauj lwm - poob raug tsim txom rau lub ib txwm "boom-poob" kev lag luam ncig pom hauv ntau lub nkoj nkoj.

Txawm hais tias Coast Guard tseem tsis tau muab cov lus tawm tswv yim rau cov neeg sib tw ntawm qhov kev sib tw, lub peev xwm rau kev tawm tsam tus nqi tsis tuaj yeem tso tseg. Raws li tus sau no tau ceeb toom ua ntej, "Kev sib cav txog kev cai lij choj tom qab tshaj tawm qhov khoom plig tuaj yeem ncua qhov kev zov me nyuam mus rau qhov chaw uas Tus Saib Xyuas ntug dej hiav txwv xav tau muab pov tseg tag nrho thiab pib twv rau 2^nd tranche ntawm Offshore Patrol Cutters tag nrho dua. "

Austal OPC Hloov Cov Kev Ua Si:

Austal qhov yeej yuav muaj qhov cuam tshuam dav rau Gulf Coast shipbuilding kev lag luam.

Huntington Ingalls, raws li ib tug ntshiab naval shipbuilder, yuav, tom qab absorbing qhov poob, tam sim ntawd pib ib tug tag nrho-throated sib ntaus kom lawv National Security Cutter ntau lawm kab muaj sia nyob ntev txaus rau tus ntug dej hiav txwv saib xyuas tag nrho cov thawj ob peb Eastern-tsim Offshore Patrol Cutters. . Los ntawm kev loj hlob "Program of Record" thiab tuav lub cutter loj dua li lwm txoj hauv kev, kev noj qab haus huv National Security Cutter cov kab ntau lawm txo qhov kev pheej hmoo uas Offshore Patrol Cutter tawm tswv yim tsis cuam tshuam lossis ua haujlwm tsis zoo.

Nrog Austal cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov chaw tshiab pom meej tias yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm nrog Coast Guard ua haujlwm, kev siv zog los sau cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv Gulf Coast naval shipbuilders mus rau hauv cov haujlwm loj dua naval shipbuilding nyuaj. Muaj peev xwm leverage qhov ua tau zoo ntawm cov me me rau ntxiv Virginia thiab Columbia Chav kawm submarine ua haujlwm nyuaj dua thiab muaj peev xwm pib nrhiav qhov chaw thib ob rau qhov constellation Class Frigate tej zaum yuav ua nyuaj dua.

Shipbuilders thoob plaws hauv Gulf yuav tsum rov ua kom tiav lawv daim ntawv cog lus ua lag luam raws li Bollinger Shipyards thiab Eastern rov tsom mus rau lawv lub zog ntawm kev lag luam, ua rau cov nyiaj tau los hauv cov lag luam dawb-kub lag luam shipbuilding.

Austal, ib yam nkaus, lub ntsej muag hloov. Lub Offshore Patrol Cutter hammers lub tsev lub tswv yim hais tias Austal lub neej yav tom ntej yog nyob rau hauv steel thiab nyob rau hauv lub US ua lag luam. Thiab, nrog Austal tsiv mus los tsim lub chaw tu lub nkoj hauv San Diego, Austal Tebchaws Asmeskas tau zoo nyob rau hauv kev saib xyuas ntau tus ntug hiav txwv dej, txhawb nqa thawj plaub Offshore Patrol Cutters uas tau khi rau West Coast. Kev nkag mus tob rau hauv Pacific-ntev xav tau ntev nrog Littoral Combat Ship program-yuav muaj lwm txoj hauv kev nthuav dav, thiab, thaum kawg, lub nkoj nkoj tuaj yeem siv Offshore Patrol Cutter program los pab pioneer kev sib koom tes ua haujlwm thiab kev tiv thaiv cov ntaub ntawv sib pauv-cov tswv yim nyuaj uas yuav tsum yog. tsim tawm tam sim no kom ua tau zoo dua kev sib koom tes tiv thaiv kev sib koom ua ke uas yuav tsum yog ib feem thiab pob khoom ntawm AUKUS alliance loj dua.

Tab sis qhov kev sib tw loj rau Gulf Coast shipbuilding zej zog yog pom, tom qab tag nrho cov plua plav nyob, yog tias ob qho tib si sab hnub tuaj thiab Austal - nrog rau Florida thiab Alabama's Congressional delegations - tuaj yeem ua haujlwm ua ke hauv kev loj hlob Offshore Patrol Cutter Program. US Coast Guard yuav tsum tau hloov lawv cov kev laus nruab nrab ntawm kev ua siab ntev, thiab tuaj yeem siv tau ntau dua. Ua hauj lwm ua ke yog qhov yooj yim tshaj plaws kom loj hlob "Program of Record," ua kom ob qho tib si ntau lawm kab thiab noj qab nyob zoo rau xyoo tom ntej.