May 2, 2019

Eighth national security cutter delivered to Coast Guard

The Coast Guard on April 30 accepted delivery of the eighth national security cutter (NSC), Midgett, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Midgett is scheduled for commissioning in summer 2019 at its Honolulu homeport; the seventh NSC, Kimball, will also be stationed in Honolulu.

May 2, 2019

Coast Guard commissions 32nd fast response cutter

The Coast Guard commissioned the 32nd fast response cutter (FRC), Benjamin Bottoms, in San Pedro, California, May 1.

April 29, 2019

Coast Guard Accepts 13th C-130J Aircraft

The Coast Guard accepted its 13th C-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft April 10, 2019, from the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ Marietta, Georgia, facility.

April 23, 2019

Acquisition update: Coast Guard and Navy Integrated Program Office awards polar security cutter detail design and construction contract

Today, the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy, through an Integrated Program Office (IPO), awarded VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, a fixed price incentive (firm) contract for the Detail Design and Construction (DD&C) of the Coast Guard’s lead Polar Security Cutter (PSC). 

April 15, 2019

Coast Guard transfers third HC-130J to Air Station Kodiak

The Coast Guard transferred an HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft, CGNR-2010, to Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, March 31. The aircraft is the third of five HC-130Js that will be stationed there.

April 12, 2019

U.S. Coast Guard R&D and Connecticut Military Department Sign Cooperative Agreement

The U.S. Coast Guard Research & Development Center and the Connecticut National Guard signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will pave the way for the two organizations to explore mutually beneficial partnerships to collaborate on a number of different research endeavors in the realms of cyber, intelligence, Arctic operations and concept development.

March 29, 2019

Memorandum Allows Collaboration Between U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Army Research Labs

The U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC) recently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s (CCDC) corporate laboratory, the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), which gives both parties permission to collaborate on technological research and projects.

March 29, 2019

Coast Guard awards contract for MH-65 helicopter components

The Coast Guard awarded a $21.3 million contract to Tyonek Manufacturing Group Inc. of Madison, Alabama, March 12 to procure 89 wiring harness packages for its MH-65 short range recovery helicopters. Once delivered, Coast Guard crews at the Aviation Logistics Center in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, will replace the wiring harnesses alongside

March 29, 2019

Seventh 225-foot seagoing buoy tender arrives for midlife maintenance availability

Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore arrived at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland, March 25, 2019, to begin midlife maintenance availability (MMA) work as part of the In-Service Vessel Sustainment Program.

March 28, 2019

Final HC-130J with legacy mission system inducted into Minotaur Missionization

The Coast Guard's Long Range Surveillance (LRS) Aircraft Program reached a significant milestone March 18, when CGNR-2001 was inducted into the Minotaur Mission System Suite modification program at L3 Technologies Inc. Integrated Aerospace Systems in Waco, Texas.