Not well. With 25 percent of its cutter fleet "fully mission capable" and eight of its Island-class patrol boats out of action due to maintenance problems and "refurbishment" failures, the Coast Guard estimates it'll fall short of its operational target by about 20 percent.
The ["modernization"] program's failures are spelled out in a series of Government Accountability Office and Department of Homeland Security inspector general's reports and in congressional testimony, which point to the leeway given to the program's contractors, Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. Through their joint venture, Integrated Coast Guard Systems, the companies declined to comment, referring all questions to the Coast Guard.
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