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First Fast Response Cutter Named

Artist Rendering of Fast Response Cutter - Sentinel Class (Courtesy of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.)

The first Fast Response Cutter is named for USCG enlisted hero Bernard C. Webber.. Read more on iCommandant Blog>>

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HC-144A Arrives at Air Station Miami

Coast Guard Air Station Miami has taken receipt of its first HC-144A Ocean Sentry Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Arrival of the aircraft is a significant milestone in the stand-up of HC-144A operations throughout the Coast Guard. Read more>>

Coast Guard's Newest National Security Cutter to Arrive at Alameda, Calif.

The Coast Guard’s newest cutter is scheduled to arrive at its new homeport of Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. The Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, named for Adm. Russell R. Waesche, is the second of eight planned Legend Class cutters preceding the Coast Guard Cutter Dorothy Stratton and following the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf. Read more>>

Coast Guard Accepts New Rescue 21 Communications System in Northern California

The U.S. Coast Guard formally accepted and introduced its new Rescue 21 advanced communications system at Group Humboldt Bay this morning. Read more>>

Acquisition Directorate Newsletter: February 2010 Edition

U.S. Coast Guard’s HC-144A Supports Haitian Relief Operations, Service Plans to Purchase Additional Aircraft

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard’s HC-144A Medium Range Surveillance Aircraft, also known as the Ocean Sentry, performed extremely well in supporting Haitian relief operations after January’s disastrous earthquake in Port-au-Prince. Read more>>

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Waesche Achieves Authority to Operate C4ISR Systems Ahead of Schedule
Master Chief Q&A: Air

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National Security Cutter Waesche Achieves Authority to Operate C4ISR Systems

In mid-January, the second National Security Cutter (NSC), Waesche, was granted Authority to Operate (ATO) its Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence and Surveillance (C4ISR) systems. Read more>>

Offshore Patrol Cutter Acquisition Strategy

The U.S. Coast Guard is exploring using a ship design strategy for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) that would competitively award up to three preliminary design contracts. Read more>>

HC-144A Ocean Sentry Aides in Disaster Recovery Efforts

HAITI - CBS News anchor Katie Couric flew with a Coast Guard HC-144A Ocean Sentry crew as they gathered real-time video data of the earthquake damage. The data, complete with GPS coordinates, is being used by relief workers to coordinate disaster recovery efforts on the ground. Watch video>>

Coast Guard HC-130J Pilot Describes Rescue at Sea To Fox News

LCDR Mark Driver describes the rescue of a sailor from a disabled sailboat in severe weather conditions 250 miles off the coast of North Carolina. The HC-130J crew used the aircraft’s direction-finding and sensing equipment to locate the vessel and vectored a Navy H-60 helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower to the scene to recover the sailor from the water. Watch video>>

Sentinel-class Patrol Boat Fast Response Cutter Contract Option Awarded

The Coast Guard awarded a contract option for approximately $141 million to Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, La., on December 15 to begin production on three Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRC). Read more>>

Interview with Federal News Radio

Deputy Assistant Commandant for Acquisition Mike Tangora and Deputy Assistant Commandant for Engineering and Logistics Jeff Orner talked about the Guard's acquisition reform efforts, the agency's acquisition workforce, and keeping agency acquisition and logistics on the right track. Listen to interview>>

Waesche Delivered to Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard conducted preliminary acceptance of the second National Security Cutter, Waesche (WMSL 751), at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., on Nov. 6, 2009. Read more>>

New 45-foot Small Boat at Station Maui Improves Response Capabilities Throughout Islands

The 45-foot "Response Boat Medium" (or RB-M) replaces a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB), which will be moved to Station Kauai at Nawiliwili Harbor after undergoing minor repairs on Oahu. The moves give each station a better platform to perform daily missions. Read more>>