16 FEB 2019

• Coast Guard Secures $655 Million for Polar Security Cutters in New Budget Deal
  The Coast Guard’s long-sought heavy icebreaker, the Polar Security Cutter, was among the programs to receive funding when Congress passed a spending package on late Thursday. The Coast Guard is receiving $655 million to start construction on the lead ship for a new class of Polar Security Cutter and is receiving an addition $20 million […]
• WEST: Marines Expanding Sea Control Laboratory to Test Command and Control Concepts, Gear
  SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Marines are expanding its shore-based, sea control test lab to help ensure sea-going Marines’ command and control systems will work once they get aboard ship. The Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity established the Landing Force Operations Center lab at Camp Pendleton, Calif. last year to help integrate Marines’ command, […]
• Navy Eyes New Ship Repair Contracting to Boost On-Time Delivery; Public Yards’ Performance Improving
  SAN DIEGO – Just 30 percent of the Navy’s destroyers come out of maintenance availabilities on time, the head of Naval Sea Systems Command said, and the service will be taking actions in the coming months to incentivize industry to increase their capacity and improve that on-time figure. Meanwhile, the Navy feels it has its […]