Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Coast Guard may not renew its $24 billion contract with Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. to modernize the service’s aging ships, the Coast Guard’s top official said today.
The service is considering a number of options as it negotiates with the two companies about renewing their contract to [...]
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CGNewsTip: Coast Guard May End Lockheed-Northrop Contract
Coast Guard Repatriates 36 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI РThe crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kodiak Island repatriated 36 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Caba̱as, Cuba today at 10 a.m.
On February 8, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance interdicted four Cuban migrants on a rustic vessel 20 miles north of Havana, Cuba.
The following day, a boat crew from Coast [...]
Coast Guard and Intermec to Develop Mobile Marking System
EVERETT, WA – Intermec Inc. today announced that it will design, build and test a new single process, mobile marking system with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Aircraft Repair and Supply Center (ARSC) that will apply human and machine-readable part identification markings to USCG flight safety critical aircraft parts (FSCAP). Marking the parts for [...]
CGNewsTip: New Life-Saving Software For U.S. Coast Guard
First Coast News has an article & video up about the Search & Rescue Optimal Planning System (SROPS) being used by
As sure as the water is calm, tides can turn and in seconds a life rescuing scenario is underway.
“One more day we wouldn’t be here I guarantee it,†says survivor Duane Grove. Back in [...]
CGNewsTip: Coast Guard cutter plows through frozen Penobscot
The Bangor Daily News has an interesting article, with pictures, about the Cutter Tackle working the Penobscot River.
ABOARD THE U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER TACKLE — The boat’s engine chugged to life beneath the frigid water, breaking the morning silence and sending ripples along the waterway.
The sun had just begun to peek above the horizon [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – February 14th
1903- An Act of Congress (31 Stat. L., 826, 827) that created the Department of Commerce and Labor provided for the transfer of the Lighthouse Service from the Treasury Department. This allowed the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to succeed to the authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury under the existing legislation.