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InternationalWhite House Reports Deal For 11 Polar Icebreakers, Selecting Bollinger and Foreign Shipyards
The White House last Thursday announced a multi-billion dollar deal that will see Bollinger Shipyards and Canada’s Davie Shipbuilding partner with foreign shipbuilders to construct up to 11 new medium-polar […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Orders Second Offshore Patrol Cutter From Austal
The Coast Guard on July 31 exercised a $273 million contract option with Austal USA to start construction on its second Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) and acquire long-lead material on […]
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Homeland SecurityPolar Security Cutter To Start Construction By December
The Coast Guard’s top acquisition official Tuesday said the service expects the long-delayed first Polar Security Cutter (PSC) to finally start construction by December. Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), chairman of […]
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Navy/USMCSECNAV Initiates New Government Shipbuilders Council
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro convened a new group of government shipbuilders last week that aims to improve shipbuilding and repair collaboration across government departments. This new group, […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Has Made Partial Progress On 2020 Unmanned Recommendations, Board Member Says
A member of a National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board (TRP) told a congressional panel this week that the Coast Guard has only made partial progress on recommendations it […]
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Homeland SecurityGAO: 40 Percent Cost Growth In Coast Guard Cutter Result Of Poor Shipbuilding Policies, Hurricane
A new report by independent government auditors found the Coast Guard’s policy choices including design and construction concurrency, and the effects of a 2018 hurricane, have contributed to 40 percent […]
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Fagan: Coast Guard Budget Cut To 2022 Levels Would Cause $500 Million Shortfall
If a House Republican leadership plan to cap fiscal year 2024 discretionary spending at FY ‘22 levels goes forward, the Coast Guard would have an “immediate” $500 million shortfall, the […]
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Unmanned SystemsVolansi Demonstrates Fully Autonomous Drone Delivery with Navy and Coast Guard
The Silicon Valley drone delivery company Volansi completed the first-ever completely autonomous maritime drone delivery demonstration with the Navy and Coast Guard on July 18 near Key West, Fla., Will […]