Clarke expects a Navy requirement to draw on a Coast Guard program and objects to cutting the latter short. He would keep Coast Guard production running until the Navy work is ready to begin. His stated concern is that an idle line releases workers and then has to be restarted. The program is not identified clearly enough in this passage to attach a specific class name. The argument concerns the sequencing of orders and retention of industrial capability.
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Keeping workers through a Coast Guard-to-Navy transition
A proposed procurement transition is criticized for allowing an idle production line and workforce losses.