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Dec. 15, 2025
Coast Guard awards contract for next-generation Biometrics at Sea System
On Sept. 4, the Coast Guard awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a value up to $9.7 million to Parsons Corporation’s InCadence Strategic Solutions to support the service’s next-generation Biometrics at Sea System, known as BASS 2.0.
Dec. 10, 2025
Coast Guard accepts delivery of 61st fast response cutter
The Coast Guard accepted delivery of the 61st fast response cutter (FRC), Olivia Hooker, on Oct. 23 in Key West, Florida. Olivia Hooker will be the third FRC to be homeported in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Dec. 9, 2025
Coast Guard authenticates keel for offshore patrol cutter Pickering
The Coast Guard and shipbuilder Austal USA authenticated the keel for offshore patrol cutter (OPC) Pickering in Mobile, Alabama, Dec. 8.
Nov. 25, 2025
Coast Guard replaces critical autonomous systems used by special response units, expands sUAS fleet
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) provides nearly $350 million to transform the Coast Guard’s use of unmanned and autonomous systems to support mission execution. Of this amount, the Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Program Executive Office (PEO) used $11.1 million in fiscal year 2025 to immediately replace or expand critical autonomous systems.
Nov. 21, 2025
Coast Guard conducts market research on AI solutions to enhance contracting, procurement and acquisitions
On Nov. 14, the Coast Guard published a request for information (RFI) seeking information on commercial solutions with integrated artificial intelligence (AI) capability that could enhance the efficiency and quality of the service’s contracting, procurement and acquisition program management process.
Nov. 20, 2025
Polar Star completes final phase of service life extension program
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star completed the fifth and final phase of its five-year service life extension program (SLEP) on Sept. 17 at Mare Island Dry Dock LLC in Vallejo, California.
Sept. 30, 2025
Coast Guard issues request for proposal to inform future boat recapitalization efforts
The Coast Guard issued a request for proposal (RFP) today as a first step to assess the options in the marketplace for response boats that can meet Coast Guard mission requirements.
Coast Guard orders additional waterways commerce cutters
The Coast Guard continues to move forward with the acquisition of the new waterways commerce cutter (WCC) class which will replace the legacy fleet of inland tenders and facilitate commerce vital to economic security and strategic mobility in the nation’s marine transportation system.
Coast Guard awards contract for new heavy weather surf boats
The Coast Guard awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) on Sept. 29 to Rozema Boat Works, Inc. of Mount Vernon, Washington to acquire up to six second-generation special-purpose craft – heavy weather (SPC-HWX II) boats.
Coast Guard awards contract to construct new family housing units at Station Portage
The Facilities Design and Construction Center (FDCC) awarded a contract Sept. 23 to Barlovento LLC for design and construction of new multiplex family housing units at Station Portage, located in Dollar Bay, Michigan.