The following is the U.S. Coast Guard’s Arctic Strategic Outlook, released on April 22, 2019. Read More
Tag Archives: Healy
Report to Congress on Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter Program
The following is the Feb. 15, 2019 Congressional Research Report, Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (Polar Icebreaker) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Report to Congress on Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter Program
The following is the Oct. 26, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (Polar Icebreaker) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Report to Congress on U.S. Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Program
The following is the Aug. 3, 2018 Congressional Research Report, Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Report to Congress on U.S. Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Program
The following is the July 9, 2018 Congressional Research Report, Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Report to Congress on U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Procurement
The following is the May 23, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Report to Congress on Coast Guard Icebreaker Program
The following is the April 18, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Zukunft to Congress: U.S. Must be Serious About Icebreaker Acquisition
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft
A new Coast Guard heavy icebreaker is still on top of the top of the service’s shopping, USCGC Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft told lawmakers on Tuesday. He said the domestic shipbuilding industry and Arctic adversaries China and Russia are keeping an eye on the government’s commitment to buying those vessels. Read More
RFP For New Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker Expected This Month
USCGC Healy underway in the Chukchi Sea during an annual Arctic deployment on July 28, 2017. Coast Guard Photo
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The request for proposals to build the nation’s next generation heavy icebreaker is expected to be released by the end of the month, the U.S. Coast Guard commandant said on Thursday.
Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker on Track to Deliver in 2023
A starboard view of the anchored US Coast Guard icebreaker POLAR STAR (WAGB 10).
ARLINGTON, Va. —The first new heavy icebreaker in more than a generation is on track to launch in 2023, but the Coast Guard commandant says building the needed fleet still requires Congress to unfreeze funding.
