Release From AeroVironment POTTSTOWN, Pa. – December 11, 2025 — AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a leading provider of underwater robotic systems, today announced it has been awarded a $4.8 million United States Coast Guard contract through its wholly owned subsidiary, VideoRay, to…
Coast Guard Cutter James Conducts Counter-Drug Patrol in Eastern Pacific Ocean
From U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District, Dec. 12, 2025 NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL 754) returned to their home port in Charleston, Wednesday, following a 92-day deployment conducting counter-narcotics operations in…
Navy Invests $448M in AI and Autonomy to Accelerate Shipbuilding
Release From SECNAV Public Affairs Secretary of the Navy John Phelan today announced a $448 million strategic investment in the Shipbuilding Operating System (Ship OS) to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence and autonomy technologies across the industrial base. The…
Coast Guard seizes 150,000 pounds of cocaine through Operation Pacific Viper, interdicts drug smuggling vessel loaded with over 20,000 pounds of cocaine
From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Dec. 9, 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday it has seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since launching Operation Pacific Viper in early August. With a dose…
AUSTAL USA Lays Keel of Its First Offshore Patrol Cutter
From Austal USA, Dec. 8, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA hosted a keel laying ceremony today for the first U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) to be built at the company’s Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility. …
USCG, CBP, HSI seize vessel with $28M in illicit narcotics off Miami Beach
From Coast Guard Southeast District, Dec. 5, 2025 MIAMI – A U.S. Coast Guard Station Miami Beach law enforcement boat crew along with CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and HSI seized approximately 3,715 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated…
USCG Heavy Icebreaker Departs Seattle for Months-Long Deployment to Antarctica
Release From U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District SEATTLE — The USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) departed Seattle on Thursday commencing its 29th deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze is an annual joint military mission to resupply the United States…
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa Returns Home After 67-Day Counterdrug Patrol
From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Tampa (WMEC 902) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Friday, following a 67-day deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of the counterdrug mission…
Coast Guard Continues to Break Records, Offloading Over $362M in Illicit Drugs
From Coast Guard Southeast District – Nov. 19, 2025 MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone’s crew offloaded approximately 49,010 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $362 million at Port Everglades, Wednesday. This offload marks the most amount of cocaine seized by a single cutter in…
USS St. Louis Returns from Deployment in Support of Southern Border Operations
From Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet, Nov. 11, 2025 The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19), operating under U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) in the Gulf of America, returned to Naval Station Mayport ), along with the “Valkyries” of…
