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National Defense June 2014 Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Embarks on Its Costliest Ship Buying Program The Coast Guard has one piece remaining in its long effort to modernize its aircraft and ships: the offshore patrol cutter. |
National Defense December 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Lean Fiscal Times Influences Design Of New Coast Guard Cutter Program With a proposed fleet of 25 ships, and an expected budget of $8 billion, the Coast Guard's Offshore Patrol Cutter is drawing intense interest from both shipbuilders and budget watchers on Capitol Hill. |
National Defense April 2014 Dan Parsons |
Retiring Commandant Calls Oceangoing Coast Guard Fleet 'Woefully Inadequate' Adm. Robert Papp, with only months left in his tenure as commandant of the Coast Guard, said his successor must push to update the service's oceangoing cutter fleet. |
National Defense August 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Coast Guard Acquisitions Called 'Unaffordable' The Coast Guard has laid out an ambitious modernization and recapitalization plan for its future fleet of cutters and aircraft, but experts and government watchdogs have thrown cold water on it. |
National Defense January 2009 Matthew Rusling |
New Patrol Boats: A Must-Win for The Coast Guard The upcoming acquisition of new high-speed patrol boats for the U.S. Coast Guard is viewed as a make-or-break effort that could help the service recover from a string of setbacks in its Deepwater modernization program. |
National Defense February 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Congress Boosts Coast Guard Budget The Coast Guard has often been characterized as perennially underfunded, but thanks to Congress, the service received a major boost to its acquisition accounts for fiscal year 2016. |
National Defense August 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Troubled Coast Guard Cutter Threatens Deepwater The Coast Guard is considering purchasing commercial vessels to serve as stopgaps after the development of its fast response cutter stalled this year. |
National Defense January 2011 Eric Beidel |
Commandant: Coast Guard Suffering Under Strain of Tight Budgets Put simply, the service has a lot of old ships and boats and nowhere near the money required to replace them. |
National Defense February 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Military Challenged by Changing Arctic Landscape Patrolling the cold, icy waters of the Arctic has long been the responsibility of the Coast Guard, but as polar ice melts and ship traffic in the area increases, the Navy may take a larger role in securing the region and take advantage of new equipment. |
National Defense March 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Coast Guard Trying to Stay the Course on its Shipbuilding Plans During Tough Fiscal Times The Coast Guard is in the middle of a 25-year effort to replace its fleets of aging ships, and has so far managed to obtain most of the funding it needs, said Adm. Robert J. Papp, commandant of the Coast Guard. |
National Defense March 2012 Magnuson & Beidel |
Coast Guard May Face Capability Gap On the High Seas The Obama administration has proposed cutting $1.3 billion out of the Department of Homeland Security's overall budget. Almost one-third of that -- $382 million -- would come out of the Coast Guard's allocation. |
National Defense May 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Inspector General Sounds Alarm on Coast Guard's Risky Fast Response Cutter Program Faced with mounting pressures to replace its rapidly aging 110-foot ships, the Coast Guard embarked on an accelerated program to build a new fleet of Fast Response Cutters. |
National Defense November 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Commandant Girds Service For Possible Budget Cuts The service has already lived through an era of declining budgets. In the 1990s, the Coast Guard lost some 6,000 personnel as its top line funding took hits year after year. |
National Defense October 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard May Face Rough Seas as it Takes Control of Deepwater A Justice Department investigation, a scathing 60 Minutes report, unsympathetic lawmakers and a stack of negative inspector general reports have marked the Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater Systems program the last two years. |
National Defense October 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Assumes Oversight of Deepwater Program When the Coast Guard's new National Security Cutter, the Bertholf, stopped four boats carrying bales of cocaine 80 miles off the coast of Guatemala in July, it was welcome news for the service's "troubled" Deepwater modernization program. |
National Defense June 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Sticker Shock: $1 Billion for New Icebreaker The cost to build one new polar icebreaker for the Coast Guard may top $1 billion, a Congressional Research Service report recently stated. |
National Defense January 2012 Scott C. Truver |
Coast Guard Stakes Its Future on National Security Cutters The focal point of U.S. Coast Guard acquisition reform and recapitalization remains the National Security Cutter. |
National Defense June 2014 Dan Parsons |
South China Sea Dispute Shaping Up as Coast Guard Showdown The U.S. Navy risks sparking an international incident by using warships to check China's westward advance. |
National Defense June 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Coast Guard Submits Revised Wish List, Fears Funding Cuts The Coast Guard has sent to Congress a revised requirements document for new equipment that seeks to take into account the U.S. government's heightened need for intelligence and information. |
National Defense June 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Navy's Shipbuilding Challenges Loom Large in the 2020s Builders of U.S. Navy ships are attempting to rein in costs that have doubled over the last 20 years. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004 John McHale |
Coast Guard awards contract for production of Maritime Security Cutter The new Cutter is part of the Integrated Deepwater System program to modernize and replace the Coast Guard's aging ships and aircraft, and improve command, control, and logistics systems. |
National Defense March 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Coast Guard Refocusing Missions Toward Western Hemisphere, Arctic The Coast Guard faces a future of expanded missions around the globe that will force it to reposition much of its fleet to the Western Hemisphere and Arctic region. |
National Defense February 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Pressure Builds for New Polar Icebreaker Of the Coast Guard's three icebreakers, only two are operational. More pressure is being put on the service to build a new heavy-duty vessel. |
National Defense January 2009 Matthew Rusling |
Coast Guard Boosting Cooperation with Military Last summer, as Russian forces lay siege to the nation of Georgia, the Coast Guard cutter Dallas, along with two Navy ships, sailed to the Black Sea to provide relief. |
National Defense April 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Considering Permanent Bases in Arctic The Coast Guard will for the first time dispatch one of its new National Security Cutters to the Arctic as the ice breaks up on Alaska's North Slope this summer. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 John McHale |
Electronic Technology is Central to New Coast Guard Maritime Security Cutter Northrop Grumman Ship Systems is leading the production effort, as a major partner in ICGS -- a joint venture of Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. The lead ship of the class will be finished in 2007. |
National Defense February 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Coast Guard Strives to Move Ahead on Modernization In nearly three years after the U.S. Coast Guard launched the ambitious Deepwater program---aimed at modernizing its aging ships and aircraft---the service is struggling to pick up the pace of the enormous project. |
National Defense January 2010 Austin Wright |
Commandant Discusses Coast Guard's Efforts to Modernize The Coast Guard's Deepwater acquisition program aims to overhaul the Coast Guard's fleet by 2027, but the project is more expensive than anticipated and may take longer to complete. |
National Defense November 2010 Stew Magnuson |
For Coast Guard, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Remain A Distant Goal The Coast Guard, the service responsible for protecting the homeland from sea-based terrorist attacks as well as conducting search-and-rescue missions, as of yet does not have a dedicated UAV that it can fly off its ships. |
National Defense May 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Defending Ports The U.S. Coast Guard has begun aggressive enforcement of the Maritime Transportation Act in an effort to increase protection of the nation's ports and waterways from terrorist attack. |
National Defense January 2011 Eric Beidel |
Coast Guard Turns Navy Cast-Offs Into New Aircraft The Coast Guard is using Navy scraps to replace helicopters it has lost in crashes during 2010. |
National Defense June 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Small U.S. Boatyards Take on Competitive Export Market While major U.S. ship manufacturers have seen a steady decline in exports over the last few decades, some small boatyards are unwilling to give up on foreign defense markets. |
National Defense January 2008 Breanne Wagner |
Coast Guard Procurement Programs Struggling, But Staying Afloat Coast Guard officials are optimistic that a new agency in charge of acquisitions can help salvage the service's modernization plans and restore confidence in its ability to manage complex projects. |
National Defense December 2014 Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Information Technology, Sensor Needs Go Unfilled The Coast Guard is operating ships with obsolete command, control, computer and communications systems, the Department of Homeland Security inspector general said. |
National Defense August 2008 Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Takes Troubled New Cutter on Grand Tour The month of June marked the coming out party for the Coast Guard's shiny new national security cutter -- the Bertholf. |
National Defense May 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Smarter Shipbuilding Could Help Ease Navy's Budget Troubles The 374-foot USS Freedom, which was delivered to the Navy last fall, was Marinette Marine Corp.'s largest and most complex ship construction project |
National Defense February 2005 Bill Daniels & DiRenzo |
Maritime Anti-Terrorism at the Crossroads Of National Security and Homeland Defense At issue is how do the homeland defense and homeland security duties contribute to enhanced protection of national assets in the territorial seas of the United States. |
National Defense July 2014 Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Closer to Acquiring Ship-Based Drones The service over the years became the only one that wasn't taking advantage of the unmanned aerial vehicles revolution, and all the benefits they had to offer. |
National Defense April 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Navy's Energy Reform Initiatives Raise Concerns Among Shipbuilders The secretary of the Navy's announcement last fall of several initiatives to wean the sea service off fossil fuels has generated excitement but also some trepidation among energy researchers and defense contractors. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2009 |
U.S. Coast Guard Adopts Thales HF-ALE Radios for Surface Ships Thales high-frequency automated link establishment (HF-ALE) radios will be installed in Coast Guard cutter surface ships over the next five to seven years. |
National Defense March 2008 Alan L. Gropman |
Government Action Needed to Fix Troubled Shipbuilding Sector The limited commercial market, combined with a decline in Navy orders, has resulted in excess production capacity, underused larger shipyards and high vessel costs. |
National Defense September 2014 Christina Munnell |
Congress, Federal Agencies Decline to Help Coast Guard Fund New Polar Icebreaker The Coast Guard needs $1 billion to build a new polar icebreaker. Members of Congress at a recent hearing said the service wasn't going to get it. At least not from them. |
National Defense January 2010 Austin Wright |
Coast Guard Examines Future of Patrolling The Arctic The Coast Guard anticipates increased duties patrolling the Arctic region due to global warming. |
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Rescuing the Coast Guard: Chronically Low Budget Hurting Service's Ability to Perform Missions, Experts Say Everyone loves the Coast Guard, but that affection hasn't translated into a budget that can sustain its ships, aircraft and personnel, said some of the service's former leaders. |
National Defense January 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Coast Guard Reorganizes in Anticipation of Future Threats The Coast Guard is standing up a new disaster response command and is using lessons learned from 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina for guidance. |
National Defense October 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Favors Fire Scout as New Pilotless Aircraft The Coast Guard intends to follow the lead of the Navy when it comes to fielding its long-delayed vertical take off and landing unmanned aerial vehicles. |
National Defense November 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Coast Guard Expands Joint Anti-Terrorism Training The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing to break ground this month on a new $33 million facility that will significantly improve its ability to train military personnel in maritime security tactics. |
National Defense August 2007 Grace Jean |
Littoral Combat Ship Troubles: Opportunity for Small Boat Companies? With the cost of the Navy's littoral combat ship skyrocketing and its funding in peril, some say the sea service ought to give serious consideration to acquiring cheaper boats that could complement a reduced fleet. |
National Defense August 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Mesh of Technologies to Provide Maritime Safety Net While the Department of Homeland Security begins efforts to strengthen the nation's land borders, less publicized work continues on building a so-called virtual wall along U.S. coasts. |
National Defense May 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Aging Fleet As the Coast Guard looks forward to the acquisition of its new national security cutters, the job of keeping their current, aged fleet operational requires a lot of the crews' attention. |