White House Orders Review of Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker Program
The White House released a memo Tuesday ordering the Coast Guard and other federal agencies to review the planned Polar…
GAO Testimony on Coast Guard Icebreaker Programs
The following is the Feb. 5, 2020 Government Accountability Office testimony before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and…
Top Stories 2019: U.S. Coast Guard
This post is part of a series of review stories looking back at the top naval news from 2019. For…
House Passes FY 2020 Coast Guard Funding; Bill Backs Icebreaker, Limits OPC Program
The House approved a $12 billion Fiscal Year 2020 funding deal that puts limitations on the Offshore Patrol Cutter program…
Coast Guard Focused On Being Sea-Based In Arctic As Merits Of Deep-Water Port Debated
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For now, the Coast Guard is focused on being sea-based in the high latitudes even as talk…
McMurdo Station Expansion Relies on Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the next several years, the Coast Guard’s only heavy icebreaker will lead the annual Antarctic resupply…
U.S. Coast Guard Eyes Expanded Operations in Western Pacific
KULA LUMPUR – U.S Coast Guard is mulling its future in the Asia-Pacific region once the National Security Cutter USCGC…
VT Halter Marine Details Coast Guard Icebreaker Bid
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Coast Guard’s next icebreaker is based on a German research vessel, features a unique Finnish…
Budget Concerns Led Huntington Ingalls to Sit Out Coast Guard Icebreaker Contest
The U.S. Coast Guard offered industry the potential for a multi-ship, multi-year, multi-billion-dollar program in its heavy icebreaker competition –…
UPDATED: VT Halter Marine to Build New Coast Guard Icebreaker
This post has been updated to include a rendering of the VT Halter Marine bid and the names of the…