June 19, 2017

RDC Studies Diesel Outboard Engines

The Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC) is studying the possibility of outfitting the service’s boats with diesel outboard engines in hopes of significantly reducing the logistics infrastructure necessary to maintain the fleet.

June 16, 2017

Acquisition update: Coast Guard exercises contract option for FRCs 39-44

The Coast Guard awarded a $289 million contract option to Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana, June 9 for the production of six more fast response cutters (FRCs).

June 15, 2017

Acquisition update: Coast Guard commissions 22nd fast response cutter

The Coast Guard commissioned the 22nd fast response cutter (FRC), Bailey Barco, in Juneau, Alaska, June 14.

June 8, 2017

Acquisition update: Coast Guard completes Western Rivers Rescue 21 system

The Coast Guard conditionally accepted the Rescue 21 system in Sector Lower Mississippi River May 23 and in Sector Ohio Valley May 31. The service began operating the completed Western Rivers system in June

June 7, 2017

Acquisition update: Coast Guard awards C-27J spares contract

The Coast Guard on June 6 awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to Leonardo SpA of Rome and exercised the base-year option for $19.1 million of spare parts to support its C-27J Spartan medium range surveillance aircraft.

June 5, 2017

Acquisition update: Coast Guard orders 15 response boats

Coast Guard Station Philadelphia crewmembers conduct underway training on a 29-foot response boat-small II March 7, 2016, on the Delaware River near Philadelphia. U.S.

May 26, 2017

Acquisition update: Coast Guard accepts Rescue 21 in Upper Mississippi River

The Coast Guard conditionally accepted and began operating the Rescue 21 system in the Sector Upper Mississippi River Area of Responsibility May 2. This sector covers portions of the Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri and St. Croix rivers and extends across seven states: Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas.

May 26, 2017

Acquisition update: Coast Guard transfers former high endurance cutter to Vietnam

The U.S. Coast Guard transferred the decommissioned Hamilton-class 378-foot high endurance cutter WHEC 722 to the Vietnamese coast guard at a ceremony in Honolulu May 25, marking the eighth such transfer through the Office of International Acquisition’s Excess Defense Articles program.

May 25, 2017

Acquisition Update: HC-144 Program Reaches Ocean Sentry Refresh, Minotaur Mission System Milestones

Test flights on the HC-144B Minotaur prototype aircraft began in March. U.S. Coast Guard photo.The Coast Guard’s HC-144 Ocean Sentry medium range surveillance (MRS) aircraft program reached two milestones last quarter. First, the HC-144 program received design approval and commenced Ocean Sentry Refresh (OSR) modifications at the Aviation Logistics

May 25, 2017

Acquisition update: second HC-130J enters minotaur production

The second HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft to undergo a mission system retrofit arrived at the L3 Technologies Inc. Integrated Systems Platform Integration Division in Waco, Texas, May 11, 2017.