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Coast Guard Finalizes $3.5 Billion Contract With Davie For Five Icebreakers

Cal Biesecker — Wed, 13 May 2026 20:20:26 +0000

The Coast Guard on Wednesday said it has finalized a $3.5 billion contract it awarded Davie Defense in February for five Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs), the first of which will […]

Coast Guard Looks To Sunset Dolphin Helicopter Early, Light and Medium Icebreakers To Be Built in U.S., Commandant Says

Rich Abott — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:33:35 +0000

The Commandant of the Coast Guard on Thursday said the service is looking to “sunset” its aging HH-65 Dolphin helicopters before 2037 as previously planned and confirmed new small and […]

Coast Guard Awards $3.3 Billion In Polar Icebreaker Contracts To Bollinger And Rauma

Rich Abott — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:15:02 +0000

The Coast Guard on Monday announced it awarded two contracts covering up to six new Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) icebreakers to Finland’s Rauma Marine Constructions and Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards, the […]

GAO Points To Continued Challenges With Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter

Cal Biesecker — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:45:57 +0000

Both shipbuilders constructing the Coast Guard’s future fleet of Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) continue to face challenges with their respective designs, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on Nov. 25, […]

U.S., Canada And Finland Emphasize Icebreaker Workforce Development In New Statement

Cal Biesecker — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:34:59 +0000

A key focus in 2026 of a trilateral icebreaker development and construction effort will be workforce development, signatories to the year-old framework between the U.S., Canada and Finland said last […]

White House Reports Deal For 11 Polar Icebreakers, Selecting Bollinger and Foreign Shipyards

Rich Abott — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:15:22 +0000

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 […]

Coast Guard Orders Second Offshore Patrol Cutter From Austal

Rich Abott — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:30:54 +0000

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 […]

Polar Security Cutter To Start Construction By December

Rich Abott — Tue, 07 May 2024 21:40:32 +0000

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 […]

SECNAV Initiates New Government Shipbuilders Council

Rich Abott — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:48:07 +0000

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, […]

Coast Guard Has Made Partial Progress On 2020 Unmanned Recommendations, Board Member Says

Rich Abott — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:40:24 +0000

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 […]

GAO: 40 Percent Cost Growth In Coast Guard Cutter Result Of Poor Shipbuilding Policies, Hurricane

Rich Abott — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 21:15:12 +0000

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 […]

Fagan: Coast Guard Budget Cut To 2022 Levels Would Cause $500 Million Shortfall

Rich Abott — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 21:33:10 +0000

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 […]

Volansi Demonstrates Fully Autonomous Drone Delivery with Navy and Coast Guard

Kelsey Reichmann — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 20:26:11 +0000

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 […]