1. NEWS from the T&I
Committee
Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
U.S. House of Representatives, 2165 Rayburn HOB,
Washington, DC 20515
www.house.gov/transportation
Hon. James L. Oberstar (Minn.), Chairman
For Immediate Release, Friday, April 13, 2007
Contact: Mary Kerr, 202-225-6260
ADVISORY: T&I Committee to Look at
Oversight Deficiencies with Deepwater
Program Wednesday
WASHINGTON – At 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure will hold an oversight hearing on failures to comply
with contract requirements of the U.S. Coast Guard’s troubled Deepwater Program.
The Deepwater Program is a $24 billion, 25-year modernization initiative to upgrade the
Coast Guard’s cutters, patrol boats, airplanes and helicopters. Integrated Coast Guard
Systems (ICGS), a joint venture by Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman
Corp., was awarded the contract to implement the fleet replacement program in 2002.
This hearing will focus on the results of an in-depth investigation conducted by the
Oversight and Investigations staff of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
on the 110/123-foot patrol boat conversion undertaken as part of the Deepwater
Program. The investigation assessed how the multi-million dollar extension of 110-foot
patrol boats to 123-foot patrol boats left eight legacy cutters unseaworthy.
The Committee’s investigation uncovered facts previously undisclosed in other
investigations and has raised serious concerns about contractor compliance with the
Deepwater Program contract and about the ability of other Deepwater acquisitions to
yield reliable assets.
DATE: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
TIME: 2:00 p.m.

2. SUBJECT: Compliance with Requirements of the Coast Guard’s Deepwater
Contract
LOCATION: 2167 Rayburn HOB
WITNESSES:
• Mr. Michael De Kort, former Lockheed Martin Project Management
Specialist for 123 Systems
• Mr. Robert Braden, Senior Technical Staff, Processor and Systems
Design, Lockheed Martin (Systems program manager for the 270’ Legacy
Cutter)
• Mr. Scott Sampson, Section Chief of the Development Section, U.S. Coast
Guard Maintenance and Logistics Command Atlantic in the Vessel
Specifications Branch
• Mr. James Atkinson, President and Senior Engineer, Granite Island Group
(TSCM/TEMPEST Expert)
• Mr. Thomas Rodgers, Vice President Technical Operations, Lockheed
Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors (former program manager for the
Integrated Deepwater System)
• Mr. Bruce Winterstine, Principal Project Analyst, Lockheed Martin
Maritime Systems & Sensors (ICGS program manager for the 123s)
• Ms. Maryanne Lavan, Vice President for Ethics and Business Conduct,
Lockheed Martin
• Dr. Leo Mackay, Vice President and General Manager, Coast Guard
Systems
• Mr. James E. Anton, Executive Vice President, ICGS
• Mr. T.R. Hamblin, Vice President of Government Affairs, Bollinger
Shipyards
• Mr. Marc Stanley, Executive Vice President of Government Affairs,
Bollinger Shipyards
• Mr. Debu Ghosh, Naval Architect, Branch Chief Coast Guard Boat
Engineering Branch
• Mr. Joe Michel, Assistant Deputy for Systems Implementation, Coast
Guard Nationwide Automatic Identification System Project
• LCDR Chad Jacoby, Program Manager, Scaleable Composite Vessel
Prototype Program Science & Technology Directorate Department of
Homeland Security
• Ms. Cathy Martindale, Contracting Office Chief, Coast Guard Engineering
and Logistics Center
• Rear Admiral Gary T. Blore, Program Executive Officer, Coast Guard
Integrated Deepwater System
• Vice Admiral Paul E. Sullivan, Commander, Naval Sea Systems
Command, U.S. Navy
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