Aug. 29, 2025

Coast Guard awards contract for next generation trailerable aids to navigation boats

The Coast Guard Office of Boat Forces awarded a contract Aug. 27 to Inventech Marine Solutions to build up to 89 second-generation trailerable aids to navigation boats (TANB II) to replace the existing trailerable aids to navigation boats (TANB), which were introduced in 2006 and are at the end of their planned service lives.

Aug. 29, 2025

Coast Guard awards contract for aids-to-navigation cutter boats

The Coast Guard on Aug. 29 awarded a fixed price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to North River Boats of Roseburg, Oregon to procure up to 66 cutter boats to support critical aids to navigation (ATON) and other missions that maintain the safety and security of America’s waterways. The total potential value of the contract, which was awarded as a total small business set aside, is approximately $11.8 million.

Aug. 28, 2025

Coast Guard awards contract for homeport construction in Sitka, Alaska

The Coast Guard’s Facilities Design and Construction Center (FDCC) awarded a contract to The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Aug. 14 for design and construction of new homeport facilities to support the expansion of operations in Sitka, Alaska.

Aug. 26, 2025

Vendor outreach event supports Coast Guard regional multiple award construction contract

The Coast Guard in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization is holding a vendor outreach matchmaking event on Sept. 10 for the third generation of indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity regional multiple award construction contracts (RMACC III).

Aug. 19, 2025

Coast Guard completes major maintenance program on seagoing buoy tender fleet

The Coast Guard In-Service Vessel Sustainment (ISVS) Program reached a significant milestone on July 29 with the completion of the major maintenance availability (MMA) program for the 225-foot Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender fleet.

Aug. 15, 2025

Coast Guard issues Request for Information to support major initiative to modernize human resource information technology capabilities

The Coast Guard on Aug. 13, 2025, issued a request for information (RFI) seeking industry feedback on potential implementation strategies and approaches in support of its effort to modernize its human resources information technology (HRIT) portfolio and capabilities.

Aug. 15, 2025

Two major shore infrastructure projects completed at Base Kodiak

Celebrating a significant milestone for operational readiness and family support in the Coast Guard Arctic District, Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the Coast Guard, and Troy Edgar, deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, marked the completion of two major infrastructure projects totaling $131 million with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Base Kodiak on Aug. 11. Base Kodiak is the largest operational facility in the Coast Guard and a critical provider of U.S. presence and capability in the Arctic region, supporting both surface and aviation operations.

Aug. 13, 2025

Coast Guard awards $32M contract for runway reconstruction at Base Elizabeth City

The Coast Guard’s Facilities Design and Construction Center in Norfolk, Virginia, has awarded RQ Construction a $32 million design-build contract for the reconstruction of crosswind Runway 1-19 and the restoration of taxiways Kilo and Golf at Base Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Aug. 12, 2025

Coast Guard commissions 59th fast response cutter, Earl Cunningham

The Coast Guard commissioned Coast Guard Cutter Earl Cunningham on Aug. 11 in Kodiak, Alaska. Earl Cunningham is the 59th fast response cutter (FRC) and the second of three FRCs to be homeported at Coast Guard Base Kodiak.

Aug. 11, 2025

Coast Guard to hold virtual industry day, individual sessions for market research on counter-UAS

The Coast Guard’s Robotics and Autonomous Systems Program Executive Office (RAS PEO) is hosting a virtual industry day on Aug. 28 to engage with industry about the service’s needs for future implementation of counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS).