Overview
On July 1, 2025, the Coast Guard officially established the Deputy Commandant for Systems and the Systems Integration Directorate. These new elements are responsible for integrating the service’s expertise across acquisition, sustainment and modernization to standardize a systems-based approach to asset lifecycle management. This change was part of the overall Force Design 2028 transformation agenda and is intended to enhance the service’s ability to support our workforce and effectively deliver and sustain Coast Guard assets and capabilities.
The Systems Integration Directorate is comprised of five systems domains: Air, Sea, Shore, C5I, and Robotics and Autonomous Systems as well as a Domain and Integration Services Office that provides shared services and mission support functions across the full spectrum of Systems Integration activities.
The new Systems Integration organization oversees a multi-billion portfolio of investments to deliver new assets and capabilities to the field, sustain and maintain such assets and capabilities throughout their operational lifespans, and plan and execute such improvements as needed to address Coast Guard mission needs. By bringing the previously distinct acquisition and sustainment communities of the Coast Guard together, the new Systems Integration organization will ensure that investment decisions take into account the full range of lifecycle management issues and provide for seamless oversight from initial program planning to final disposal and replacement.
The Coast Guard’s mission capabilities–saving lives, interdicting smugglers and illegal aliens, enforcing our nation’s laws and treaties, and protecting our ports and natural resources–derive from the readiness of our fleets of cutters, boats, aircraft, and the C5I systems that link them together. During the last few decades, the Coast Guard’s readiness has been challenged by its reliance on outdated assets and shore infrastructure. The cost of sustaining these assets continues to rise, while their reliability declines. The Coast Guard must replace these with state-of-the-market assets that will continue to deliver high-quality service to the American people.
What We Do – Recapitalization
The Acquisition Directorate has responsibility for carrying out the service’s recapitalization program.
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Vision
The Coast Guard will be a model of acquisition excellence in government.
Mission
Efficiently and effectively deliver the capabilities needed to execute the full range of Coast Guard missions.
Goals
Unify efforts throughout CG-9 to achieve mission execution.
Improve and sustain workforce excellence to enable mission execution.
Deliver capabilities within established parameters.
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Working closely with Coast Guard headquarters partners, such as the Assistant Commandant for Engineering and Logistics (CG-4) and the Assistant Commandant for C4IT (CG-6), the Acquisition Directorate develops acquisition strategies that deliver affordable assets that meet mission requirements, as defined by the Deputy Commandant for Operations, and sponsored by the Assistant Commandant for Capability (CG-7).
By working together with our partners at headquarters, The Acquisition Directorate plays a vital role in contributing to the Coast Guard’s ability to execute its missions. The acquisition investment portfolio contributes a unique set of capabilities to each of the three objectives of the National Strategy for Maritime Security.
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Preserving the freedom of the seas.
Facilitating and defending commerce.
Facilitating the movement of desirable goods and people across our borders, while screening out dangerous people and materials.
RECAPITALIZATION Fact Sheet
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Systems Integration Directorate Organization
The Systems Integration Directorate includes one shared services organization, Domain and Integrated Services, and five program executive offices:
Domain and Integrated Services
The Director of Domain and Integrated Services, is responsible for supporting all aspects of the Systems Integration enterprise, including new program starts, cost estimation, risk assessment and management, financial management, corporate outreach, and acquisition workforce training and certification. The office also provides acquisition resource management, strategic planning and communication services, and oversees the Research, Development Test & Evaluation Program and the Foreign Military Sales Program.
Program Executive Office Air (CG-AIR)
CG-AIR is responsible for overseeing lifecycle management – from pre-acquisition planning to disposition – of Coast Guard aviation assets and capabilities that support the Coast Guard's many missions.
Program Executive Office C5I/Cyber (CG-C5I)
CG-C5I is responsible for overseeing lifecycle management – from pre-acquisition planning to disposition – of Coast Guard information technology systems and infrastructure that support the Coast Guard's many missions.
Program Executive Office Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CG-RAS)
CG-RAS leads the strategic development, integration, and deployment of unmanned and counter-unmanned technologies, enhancing the Coast Guard’s operational capabilities across its maritime missions.
Program Executive Office Shore (CG-SHORE)
CG-SHORE is responsible for overseeing lifecycle management – from pre-construction planning to disposition – of Coast Guard shoreside facilities and infrastructure that support the Coast Guard's many missions.
Program Executive Office Surface (CG-SEA)
CG-SEA is responsible for providing management oversight of Coast Guard acquisition and sustainment programs and projects for the modernization, recapitalization, and support of all surface assets in support of the Coast Guard's multiple maritime missions.