The following is the Aug. 3, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
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U.S. Coast Guard Signs $117 Million Contract for Small Unmanned Aircraft
A launch of a Scan Eagle from a Coast Guard cutter. Insitu Photo
Boeing subsidiary Insitu just inked a $117 million contract to provide small unmanned aircraft systems services across the fleet of U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutters.
Report to Congress on U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
The following is the May 23, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Report to Congress U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
The following is the April 20, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
HII Awarded $94M Long Lead Contract for 10th National Security Cutter
Ingalls Shipbuilding launched the National Security Cutter Midgett (WMSL-757) on Nov. 22, 2017. US Navy Photo
Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls has been awarded a $94 million long-lead material contract for the tenth Legend-class National Security Cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard. Read More
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 stories in 2017.
The following is part of a series. Please also see Top Stories 2017: Navy Acquisition, International Acquisition, Navy Operations, Marine Corps Operations, International Operations and New Administration. Read More
Report to Congress U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
The following is the Nov. 30, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
GAO: Coast Guard Needs to Present More Details on Icebreaker, Offshore Patrol Cutter Acquisition
The Coast Guard needs to present a 20-year fleet modernization plan that identifies what it intends to buy and what they project the costs to be, particularly in light of current plans to buy heavy icebreakers and offshore patrol cutters at about the same time, the Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday. Read More
Zukunft: Changing Arctic Could Lead to Armed U.S. Icebreakers in Future Fleet
The 420-foot Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice in the Bering Sea to assist the tanker Renda on Jan. 8, 2012. US Coast Guard Photo
The U.S. Coast Guard has begun work to design and buy three heavy and three medium polar icebreakers, but the service reserves the right to increase the size of the program or even add offensive weapons to them if needed to respond to a rapidly changing Arctic environment, the commandant said. Read More
Document: Report to Congress U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
The following is the March 20, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
