From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Sept. 10, 2025 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) achieved a significant milestone in its counter-drug mission, completing its 1,000th interdiction of suspected narco-trafficking vessels Aug. 25. Since October 1,…
Coast Guard Exercises Contract Option for 10 Additional Fast Response Cutters
From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Sept. 10, 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard has exercised a contract option with Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana, to fund initial construction on 10 additional Fast Response Cutters (FRCs), Tuesday. The $507 million option…
HII Unveils AI-Enabled ROMULUS Family of USVs Powered by Odyssey to Strengthen the Fleet
Release From HII NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Sept. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII), America’s largest military shipbuilder and a global leader in autonomous maritime systems, today introduced ROMULUS, a modular, AI-enabled family of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) powered…
Coast Guard Exercises Options on $3 Billion Offshore Patrol Cutter Contract
Release From Austal USA Mobile, Ala. – The U.S. Coast Guard exercised options worth $314 million to Austal USA for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program. The contract options provide Austal USA approval to order long lead time materials (LLTM)…
U.S. Coast Guard Responds to 2 Chinese Research Vessels in Arctic
From U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District, Sept. 3, 2025 JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard responded to two Chinese research ships operating offshore Alaska between Sunday and Tuesday. On Tuesday, the Coast Guard responded to the Chinese-flagged research vessel…
U.S. Coast Guard Upgrades Base Charleston to Support Major Cutters
From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Sept. 2, 2025 WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard’s Facilities Design and Construction Center completed a contract modification with The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Aug. 25 to remove up to 100 submerged concrete piles under the old…
Coast Guard seizes 40,000 pounds of cocaine through Operation Pacific Viper, averages over 1,600 pounds interdicted per day
From U.S Coast Guard Southeast District, Sept. 4, 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday it has seized more than 40,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since launching Operation Pacific Viper in early August, averaging…
Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant Returns Home After Seizing 3,100 Pounds in Drugs
Release From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC 617) returned home to Cape Canaveral, Aug. 19, following a 59-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea and Windward Passage. During the…
Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk returns home to Key West, Florida after 75-day maritime border security patrol
From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Aug. 29, 2025 KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) returned to their home port in Key West, Friday, following a 75-day maritime border security patrol in the Windward Passage,…
Coast Guard Awards Contract for Waterfront Homeport Improvements in Sitka, Alaska
Release From U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District JUNEAU, Alaska –The U.S. Coast Guard’s Facilities Design and Construction Center awarded a contract Aug. 14, 2025, to the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company to design and construct new homeport facilities in Sitka, Alaska. The…
