Zukunft to Congress: U.S. Must be Serious About Icebreaker Acquisition
A new Coast Guard heavy icebreaker is still on top of the top of the service’s shopping, USCGC Commandant Adm.…
Top Stories 2017: Marine Corps and Coast Guard Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Report: Coast Guard Should Focus on Buying Heavy Icebreakers
The Coast Guard wants to buy three heavy and three medium icebreakers, but given the realities of current budget restraints,…
Coast Guard Releases Heavy Icebreaker Draft Request for Proposals
The Coast Guard and Navy today released a draft request for proposals to industry for the detail design and construction…
Zukunft: Changing Arctic Could Lead to Armed U.S. Icebreakers in Future Fleet
The U.S. Coast Guard has begun work to design and buy three heavy and three medium polar icebreakers, but the…
Vice Chiefs: Full-Year CR Would Hinder Ability To Counter Enemies’ Tech Advances
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Budget uncertainty is challenging the services as they try to modernize, both to keep up with…
Coast Guard Commandant Zukunft Will Advocate for Funding Beyond Sequestration Caps
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Coast Guard commandant said he would join the other military branches to make a public…
USCG Comandant Zukunft: 2016 Funding, 2017 Budget Request Will Help Accelerate Heavy Icebreaker Program
The Coast Guard’s 2017 acquisition budget request is the largest in history and would help the service revitalize its fleet…
Coast Guard Issues Call for Icebreaker Procurement Industry Day
The Coast Guard will be hosting an industry day in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area sometime in March with shipbuilders…
Coast Guard To Finalize Icebreaker Acquisition Strategy By Spring; Production By 2020
The Coast Guard intends to develop an acquisition strategy for its heavy endurance icebreaker program by the spring and reach…