“The fundamental mission of the Coast Guard acquisition enterprise remains: to deliver the systems, products and services that provide our customers (the operating forces) with the best means to accomplish their missions in the nation’s service.”
- RADM Gary T. Blore, Assistant Commandant for Acquisition
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As Hurricane Gustav tracked decidedly towards the Gulf Coast, the United States Coast Guard prepared to fulfill its mission to protect the public, the environment, and the United States economic and security interests during any and all situations. A critical tool for Coast Guard response is Rescue 21, the Coast Guard’s advanced command, control and communications system. Read more>>
Coast Guard Responds to Hurricane Gustav
The first wave of Coast Guard HH-65C rescue helicopters responded Sept. 1, to conduct overflight search and rescue operations following the landfall of Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana. Coast Guard HH-65C rescue helicopter crews arrived in Mobile, Ala. Aug. 31, aboard a HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft in preparation for Hurricane Gustav response efforts along the Gulf Coast.
Coast Guard ATC Mobile HC-144A conducts pre-Hurricane Gustav overflight
On August, 29, 2008, Coast Guard officials awarded a contract to Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS) to missionize the fourth HC-130J Long Range Surveillance (LRS) Aircraft at Lockheed Martin in Greenville, S.C. Read more>>
On Aug. 21, the Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology (CG-6) granted a three year authority to operate the Nationwide Automatic Identification System (NAIS). Prior to earning this authority, the project office was required to demonstrate the integrity and security of NAIS Increment 1. Read more>>
The new MCH-65 may look like any other 65 out there, but this dolphin has teeth and it's ready to take a bite out of crime. Read more>>
Coast Guard Sector Seattle received two distress calls via VHF channel 16 from a 7-year-old boy in Maple Valley, Wash., Sunday. In the first call, received at noon, the boy stated that he was drowning. At 6 p.m. he made a second call saying his boat had a hole in it and was sinking. Read more>>
On Friday, August 8, a Coast Guard HC-130H Long Range Surveillance Aircraft flying from Air Station Clearwater, Fla. diverted from a training mission to assist a disabled 30 foot catamaran. Read more>>
Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment accepted the Coast Guard's newest multi-mission platform, Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) CG-45602, in Ilwaco, Wash., August 7, 2008, three days after celebrating the service's 218th birthday. Read more>>
Blueprint for Acquisition Reform
- CGC Bertholf Commissioning
- Training Center Petaluma
- Acquisition News Brief
- Master Chief Q & A
Long Range Interceptor / Short Range Prosecutor
HC-130H/J Long Range Surveillance Aircraft
HH/MH-65C Multi-Mission Cutter Helicopter
Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Nationwide Automatic Identification System
CG-9 (pdf)
Recapitalization (pdf)
Surface (pdf)
Air (pdf)
C4IT (pdf)
National Security Cutter (pdf)
Great Lakes Ice Breaker Replacement (pdf)
Response Boat-Medium (pdf)
Response Boat-Small (pdf)
Rescue 21 (pdf
SeaPower: CG Legacy Asset Sustainment Projects
AESA Radars are Breathing New Life into Coast Guard Aircraft
Rescue 21System Making Puget Sound Waters Safer
National Security Cutter Bertholf Commissioned on Coast Guards Birthday
Chertoff Visits New Coast Guard Cutter
Chertoff Calls New Cutter 'Technological Marvel'
Coast Guard Magazine: Modernization
Coast Guard Cutter Christened at Northrop Grumman
Deepwater and the U.S. Coast Guard