national security cutter

VT Halter Marine to Build New Coast Guard Icebreaker

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is hove-to in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, fast ice near the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, Feb. 2, 2016. The U.S. Coast Guard is uniquely equipped and trained to operate in the austere and unforgiving Antarctic environment. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)

VT Halter Marine Inc. has been awarded a $745M detailed design and construction contract for the Coast Guard’s next-generation heavy icebreaker, according to a...

https://news.usni.org/2019/04/23/vt-halter-marine-to-build-new-coast-guard-icebreaker

Schultz: Coast Guard Readiness at a ‘Tipping Point’

U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on April 4, 2019. US Coast Guard Photo

Unlike the other military services, the Coast Guard has not received budgetary relief to eliminate its maintenance backlog and keep cutters on patrol and helicopters flying or to address aging infrastructure problems pier-side, the commandant of the Coast Guard told a House panel on Tuesday.

While there has been money earmarked for...

https://news.usni.org/2019/04/09/schultz-coast-guard-readiness-at-a-tipping-point

Schultz: Coast Guard Busy, Relevant and In Need of More Investment

Adm. Karl Schultz, Coast Guard commandant, delivers the 2019 State of the Coast Guard Address at Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach in San Pedro, Calif., on March 21, 2019. Coast Guard Image

SAN PEDRO, Calif. — As the Coast Guard continues modernizing with new cutters, drones and other technologies, its top leader warns the service will reach a “tipping point” without sufficient resources to support and sustain the force.

“Our missions have never been more relevant or demanding than today;...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/22/schultz-coast-guard-busy-relevant-need-investment

Coast Guard Budget Request Includes Funding To Keep Polar Security Cutter Program Moving

Contractors prepare to exchange the 16-foot-diameter propellers on the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star while the cutter undergoes repair work at a dry dock in Vallejo, Calif., on June 14, 2018. US Coast Guard Photo

The Coast Guard’s proposed Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposal includes a $35-million request to keep the momentum moving on the second Polar Security Cutter.

The Polar Security Cutter program – the Coast Guard’s first heavy icebreaker purchase in more than four decades – had already...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/20/coast-guard-budget-request-includes-funding-to-keep-polar-security-cutter-program-moving

Huntington Ingalls gets $930.8 million contract for national security cutters

Coast Guard cutter Stratton, the third in the National Security Cutter class, during sea trials. USCG photo.

Just as the federal government headed toward a shutdown, Mississippi lawmakers announced Friday that the Coast Guard has awarded a $930.8 million contract for Huntington Ingalls to build two more national security cutters.

It is the first time two of the 418’x54’22.5’ high seas cutters have been included on the same contract, which calls for the 10th vessel of the class to be delivered in January 2023 and the 11th one year later. Altogether the NSC program has a potential value of $1.7 billion...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/huntington-ingalls-gets-930-8-million-contract-for-national-security-cutters/

Top Stories 2018: U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Shannon Eubanks (left) instructs Petty Officer 2nd Class Ed Traver (right) on ice rescue techniques on Oct. 3, 2018, about 715 miles north of Barrow, Alaska, in the Arctic. US Coast Guard Photo

USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime stories in 2018. This story is part of a series; please check back later in the week for additional Top Stories 2018 posts.

For the U.S....

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/24/39825

Report to Congress U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Procurement

The following is the Oct. 26, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress.

The Coast Guard’s acquisition program of record (POR) calls for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) as replacements for 90 aging Coast Guard high-endurance cutters, medium-endurance cutters, and patrol craft. The Coast Guard’s proposed FY2019 budget requests a total of $705...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/06/report-congress-u-s-coast-guard-cutter-procurement-5

MetalCraft, Brunswick deliver ninth LRI to USCG

The Long Range Interceptor II must operate in extreme conditions at times. Bryan Goff USCG photo courtesy of MetalCraft Marine US

MetalCraft Marine US, Cape Vincent, N.Y., and Brunswick Commercial Government Products (BCGP), Edgewater, Fla., recently delivered the ninth Long Range Interceptor II (LCI) to the U.S. Coast Guard for its National Security Cutter program. MetalCraft US and BCGP have operated a strategic partnership for the past six years where MetalCraft produces hull cabin packages at its Cape Vincent plant and ships them to BCGP for final finishing and testing. (BCGP also markets an aluminum model line based...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/metalcraft-brunswick-deliver-ninth-lri-uscg/

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