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Billions in Funding Helps Coast Guard Rapidly Implement Force Design 2028 Modernization Efforts

The Coast Guard has spent close to $7.7 billion of the nearly $25 billion awarded to it by the Trump administration in July, ...

Here’s why the Navy is planning to turn a Coast Guard cutter into a frigate

The Navy is looking to rebound from its latest shipbuilding SNAFU by basing the design of its new frigate on a Coast Guard cutter.
Homeland Security Today

Coast Guard Releases Force Design 2028 Initial Update

The U.S. Coast Guard has released the Force Design 2028 Initial Update, detailing the reforms implemented since January 2025 ...
WorkBoat

Seaspan to supply icebreaker design for Arctic Security Cutter program

Seaspan Shipyards announced the company has signed agreements with Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., and Finland’s Rauma ...

Canadian-made Seaspan design chosen for U.S. Coast Guard's new icebreakers

United States Coast Guard has chosen Canada's Seaspan's Multi-Purpose Icebreaker design for its new fleet of Arctic ...
Homeland Security Today

Canadian Icebreaker Design Picked for U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutters

Seaspan’s production-ready icebreaker design will be built in Finland and Louisiana as Washington races to counter Russian and Chinese activity in the High North.
Marine Log

Birdon America starts construction on third waterways commerce cutter

Birdon America has started construction on the third U.S. Coast Guard waterways commerce cutter (WCC) vessel: Inland construction tender WLIC 1602. This milestone comes just months after beginning ...