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US Coast Guard Picks Fairbanks Morse to Build Offshore Patrol Cutter Engines; Marvin Riley Comments

The U.S. Coast Guard has selected Fairbanks Morse to produce diesel propulsion engines for the military branch's offshore patrol cutter that is scheduled for sea deployment in 2021. Fairbanks Morse said Wednesday it will build FM-MAN 16V 28/33D diesel engines for the first OPC vessel that Eastern Shipbuilding Group will build for the Coast Guard. The 360-foot-long cutter will be built to provide a capability […] More

by Jay Clemens October 13, 2016, 8:24 am
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Huntington Ingalls-Built National Security Cutter Munro Completes Acceptance Trials

The sixth Huntington Ingalls Industries-built U.S. Coast Guard national security cutter Munro has completed acceptance trials at the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to validate the performance of the ship’s systems. Munro accomplished a full-power propulsion run during the two-day trial that tested its propulsion, electrical, damage control, anchor-handling, small boat operations and combat systems, HII said Friday. The U.S. Navy‘s […] More

by Dominique Stump October 10, 2016, 7:51 am
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HII-Built ‘Munro’ National Security Cutter Completes Builder’s Sea Trials
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Boeing's Insitu Lands ScanEagle Drone Support Task Order With Coast Guard; Ryan Hartman Comments

Boeing's Insitu subsidiary has received a potential four-year, $12.3 million task order to provide support services for the ScanEagle unmanned aerial system to use onboard the U.S. Coast Guard's National Security Cutter ship. The Coast Guard awarded the task order under a Naval Air Systems Command multiple-award contract, Insitu said Monday. The contract has a base period of one year worth $4.5 […] More

by Jane Edwards June 27, 2016, 12:02 pm
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Insitu’s ScanEagle in Running for Coast Guard UAS-Ship Integration Contract

Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary is offering an unmanned aircraft system to the U.S. Coast Guard as the agency works to select a UAS for integration with its ships, Seapower Magazine reported Monday. John Marcario writes the Coast Guard has tested Insitu ScanEagle UAS platforms during land- and NSC-based demonstrations over the last three years as the agency worked to develop plans […] More

by Scott Nicholas May 17, 2016, 9:34 am
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HII Christens 30th Arleigh-Burke Destroyer Ralph Johnson; Brian Cuccias Comments

Huntington Ingalls Industries has christened the 30th guided missile destroyer in the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh-Burke ship class. This ship is named after Medal of Honor awardee Ralph Johnson, who served in the Vietnam war from the age of 19, the company said Saturday. Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said the company aims to build on the company’s other programs such […] More

by Scott Nicholas April 4, 2016, 2:08 am
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Huntington Ingalls, Coast Guard Hold Keel Authentication Ceremony on Legend-Class Cutter Kimball

Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division and the U.S. Coast Guard held a keel authentication ceremony for the service branch's seventh Legend-class National Security Cutter at the company's shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Friday. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft served as the keynote speaker during the ceremony for the NSC Kimball (WMSL 756), HII said Friday. The […] More

by Jane Edwards March 7, 2016, 4:52 am
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Huntington Ingalls, Coast Guard Name Legend-Class Cutter “˜Munro'

Huntington Ingalls Industries and the U.S. Coast Guard christened the agency’s sixth National Security Cutter ship during a christening ceremony Saturday at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division unveiled the Legend-class NSC ship’s name as Munro at the ceremony attended by nearly 600 guests, HII said Saturday. Munro, a 418-foot-long vessel, is named after Signalman First Class Douglas Munro, […] More

by Jane Edwards November 16, 2015, 9:58 am
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Huntington Ingalls Unveils Sixth US Coast Guard National Security Cutter; Derek Murphy Comments
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HII Hands Over NSC “˜James' to US Coast Guard; Jim French Comments

Huntington Ingalls Industries business Ingalls Shipbuilding has turned over the Legend-class cutter James to the U.S. Coast Guard. The service received the national security cutter Friday and is scheduled to commission the vessel in Boston on Aug. 8, HII said Friday. Jim French, NSC program manager at Ingalls Shipbuilding, said the NSC program “continues to prove the benefits of […] More

by Jane Edwards June 8, 2015, 7:51 am
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Huntington Ingalls Picks Lockheed to Build Natl Security Cutter C4ISR Tech; Ed Segrest Comments

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $72 million contract to produce a C4ISR technology for an eighth National Security Cutter that Huntington Ingalls Industries is building for the U.S. Coast Guard. The C4ISR platform will be designed to help Midgett NSC’s crew track and engage targets as well as communicate with other Coast Guard maritime, air […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman May 28, 2015, 9:44 am
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Huntington Ingalls Turns Over Security Cutter ‘Hamilton’ to Coast Guard

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ shipbuilding arm has handed the national security cutter Hamilton to the U.S Coast Guard nearly three months ahead of its scheduled commissioning. The Coast Guard officially took possession of the 418-foot-long NSC Hamilton on Monday and is slated to commission the ship in Charleston, South Carolina on Dec. 6, HII said Monday. […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman September 17, 2014, 6:00 am