Feb. 8, 2018

Coast Guard releases request for proposal to procure small UAS for national security cutters

The Coast Guard released a request for proposal (RFP) Feb. 7 for procurement of small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) capability for the national security cutters (NSCs). Responses are due March 9, 2018, at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

Feb. 7, 2018

Coast Guard accepts HC-130J following Minotaur retrofit

The Coast Guard accepted another HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft retrofitted with the Minotaur Mission System Suite, at the L3 Technologies Inc. Integrated Systems Platform Integration Division in Waco, Texas, Feb. 2.

Feb. 2, 2018

C4ISR Program Collects Baseline Data To Aid Icebreaker Acquisition, Sustainment

Allen Balough, communications lead engineer for the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Program, arms a vibration and temperature sensor in Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s machinery control room Dec. 13, 2017. The 17 sensors placed around the ship will inform acquisition of new heavy

Jan. 30, 2018

Fifth 225-foot seagoing buoy tender arrives for midlife maintenance availability

Coast Guard Cutter Elm arrived at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland, Jan. 24, 2018, to begin midlife maintenance availability (MMA) work this winter as part of the In-Service Vessel Sustainment Program.

Jan. 29, 2018

Small unmanned aircraft system assists national security cutter drug interdictions

The small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) on board the national security cutter (NSC) Stratton aided multiple drug interdictions during the ship’s recent deployment, which included the seizure of five suspected smuggling boats in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Jan. 24, 2018

Coast Guard releases request for proposal for new cutter boats

The Coast Guard released a request for proposal (RFP) Jan. 16 for design, construction and support of a new fleet of cutter boats-large (CB-L).

Jan. 18, 2018

Coast Guard orders 20 response boats

The Coast Guard placed a delivery order for 20 response boats-small II (RB-S IIs), worth approximately $8 million, with Metal Shark Aluminum Boats of Jeanerette, Louisiana, Jan. 12.

Jan. 12, 2018

Coast Guard exercises HC-130J Minotaur installation options

The Coast Guard exercised two contract options, worth a combined total of approximately $29.3 million, to L3 Technologies Integrated Systems Platform Integration Division in Waco, Texas, on Dec. 22, 2017, for installation of the Minotaur mission system suite on two C-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft.

Jan. 10, 2018

Coast Guard Moves Forward With Examination Of Long-Range And Ultra-Long Endurance UAS

The Coast Guard is continuing its research to understand the state of technology available in the long-range and ultra-long endurance unmanned aircraft systems (LR/U-LE UAS) market.

Dec. 21, 2017

Joint Maritime Test Facility Performs Crucial Research

The Joint Maritime Test Facility (JMTF) is jointly operated by the Coast Guard Research and Development Center and the Naval Research Laboratory, with the primary purpose of developing technology and strategies for responding to fires and oil spills at sea.