April 4, 2017

Acquisition update: Stratton completes first deployment with small UAS

Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returned to its Alameda, California, homeport April 2, completing the first long-term deployment of a national security cutter (NSC) with a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) on board as an operational asset.

April 4, 2017

Acquisition update: Coast Guard releases draft polar icebreaker specifications

The Coast Guard released its draft heavy polar icebreaker system specifications in a request for information (RFI) today. The request seeks questions, comments and feedback related to heavy polar icebreaker technology risks, sustainability, producibility and affordability.

April 3, 2017

Acquisition update: Coast Guard commissions sixth national security cutter

The Coast Guard commissioned the sixth national security cutter (NSC), Munro, in Seattle April 1.

March 30, 2017

Acquisition update: Coast Guard awards HC-130J Minotaur Mission System Suite retrofit option

The Coast Guard on March 24 awarded an option worth approximately $2.3 million to the L3 Technologies Inc. Integrated Systems Platform Integration Division in Waco, Texas, for Minotaur missionization of one HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft outfitted with the legacy mission system suite.

March 29, 2017

Acquisition update: Coast Guard invites industry feedback on small UAS draft request for proposal

The Coast Guard on March 28, released a draft request for proposal (RFP) for procurement of small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) capability for the national security cutters (NSCs).

March 28, 2017

Acquisition update: Counterdrug MH-65 unit marks 500th drug interdiction

The Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) – which includes helicopters that were upgraded through the service’s MH-65 conversion program – marked its 500th drug interdiction when an aircrew stopped a drug-laden go-fast vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean March 11.

March 24, 2017

Acquisition update: C-27J missionization contract awarded

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on March 16 awarded a contract worth approximately $4 million to Leonardo SpA of Rome for engineering services related to missionization of the Coast Guard’s C-27J Spartan medium range surveillance aircraft.

March 20, 2017

Acquisition update: Coast Guard commissions 20th fast response cutter

The Coast Guard commissioned its 20th fast response cutter (FRC), Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson, at the vessel’s Cape May, New Jersey, homeport March 18.

March 17, 2017

Coast Guard procures five HC-130J engines

The Coast Guard procured five Rolls Royce engines, worth approximately $16 million total, for its HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft as part of a 10-engine buy executed by the Air Force March 13, 2017.

March 7, 2017

Coast Guard assigns fifth C-27J to Air Station Sacramento

The Coast Guard assigned its fifth operational C-27J Spartan medium range surveillance aircraft, CGNR 2713, to Air Station Sacramento, California, Feb. 26, 2017.