Defense Systems
Coast Guard turns to DOD's new AI center for maintenance help
The Coast Guard looks to DOD's artificial intelligence center to help with helicopter maintenance and domain awareness.
Defense Systems
Is it time to rethink JRSS?
A new report from the Defense Department's operational test and evaluation director says the Joint Regional Security Stacks program is undermanned and should be halted until security issues are resolved.
Defense Systems
Coast Guard takes the long view on cloud
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz has his eyes on JEDI, but says his service is years away from true cloud adoption.
Science & Tech
US Coast Guard Is Putting Cubesats Over the Arctic
As the icecap melts and activity rises in the high latitudes, the commandant says his force needs better situational awareness.
Defense Systems
Coast Guard takes steps toward JRSS
The Coast Guard has recently embarked on DOD-wide initiative to increase security by 2019.
Defense Systems
No protest expected on Coast Guard's heath records move
Acquisition-wise, it looks like smooth sailing for the Coast Guard's plan to join the Pentagon's nascent electronic health records system.
Science & Tech
Coast Guard Needs Fresh IT, People to Keep Networks Secure
The service’s head of Cyber Command outlines his strategy for updating old systems and getting personnel to rethink cybersecurity.
Threats
How the Arctic Could Help Warm US-Russian Relations
U.S. Coast Guard commandant says cooperating on mass search-and-rescue exercises and other shared interests could build bridges.
Ideas
The Dangerous Myth of an 'Icebreaker Gap'
The U.S. fleet of icebreaking ships is already too small to handle its Arctic duties. Don't stretch it further with a made-up military mission.
Business
With Oil Revenue Down, Commercial Firms Eye Military Business
The companies showed up at a massive naval trade show, ready to work.
Ideas
The US Coast Guard Is (Quietly) Building Up Allies in the Arctic
A new forum frees up Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the U.S. and Russia to talk formally about security in a way prohibited by the Arctic Council charter.
Defense Systems
Coast Guard sees natural gas exports as potential cyber issue
Adm. Paul F. Zukunft says the Coast Guard’s cyber defense capabilities must protect against nation states that might feel threatened by a growing U.S. natural resource export market.
Defense Systems
Lockheed wins C4ISR security contract for Coast Guard cutter
The company was recently awarded a $72 million contract to provide a C4ISR system for the Coast Guard’s eighth National Security Cutter.
Business
The US-Cuba Turnaround Just Raised the Stakes for Border Security
Expanding travel and commerce will likely result in significant spikes in air traffic, merchant ships and small vessel traffic across a network of maritime ports. By Pat DeQuattro
Defense Systems
Coast Guard to evaluate deploying drones along the coast
The agency plans flight tests to see how SAUS would fare assisting maritime first responders and other operations.
Business
Is the U.S. Ready to Patrol the Arctic?
A sobering look at America's ice-cutter fleet as it prepares to chair the 8-nation Arctic Council next year. By Marina Koren
Defense Systems
Coast Guard wants marine drones for persistent surveillance
Unmanned marine vehicles go for months, being used to detect poachers, smugglers and icebergs.
Defense Systems
Coast Guard procurement of navigation app raises security concerns
Coast Guard seeks to replace mission critical paper navigation with electronic system.
Defense Systems
ITT Exelis to supply radar for Coast Guard's HC-130J
ITT Exelis has won a contract to deliver a radar system to the U.S. Coast Guard that will be used to support the service's maritime reconnaissance mission.
Defense Systems
VSE gets $99M Coast Guard management services contract
VSE has won a contract to furnish program and technical support services for Security Assistance Projects administered by the U.S. Coast Guard Foreign Military Sales program.
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