Tag Archives: National Security Cutter

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed the sixth U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter for the agency to use in maritime security mission. The Ingalls Shipbuilding division unveiled Munro on Saturday and transported the ship to the floating dry dock aboard Ingalls’ rail car system, Huntington Ingalls said Monday. Munro scheduled for delivery to …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed a series of acceptance sea trials for the fourth U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, named “Hamilton.” Richard Schenk, Huntington Ingalls’ vice president of program management and test and trials, said Monday “the ship is ready to enter the service and start performing key Coast …

Huntington Ingalls Industries and the U.S. Coast Guard christened the agency’s fifth national security cutter — “James” during a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division is scheduled to deliver James in the next summer, Huntington Ingalls said Saturday. “The boundaries surrounding illegal migrant activity, weapons, drug smuggling and …

Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed the sea tests for the U.S. Coast Guard‘s fourth national security cutter. The testing team assessed the propulsion, electrical, damage control, anchor handling, small boat operations and combat systems of the Hamilton cutter for three days, Huntington Ingalls said Friday. “It’s a team effort to …

Huntington Ingalls Industries has awarded Lockheed Martin a $69 million subcontract to provide a C4ISR system for the U.S. Coast Guard‘s USCGC Kimball, the seventh vessel in the agency’s National Security Cutter fleet. Lockheed said Wednesday it has also supplied the C4ISR system for the six previous NSCs to help users gather and exchange maritime data, detect …

A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has begun construction of the company’s fifth national security cutter ship for the U.S. Coast Guard. Ingalls Shipbuilding plans to deliver the James cutter to the Coast Guard in 2015, Huntington Ingalls said Tuesday. “Now we look forward to completing the construction so we can take her to sea …

Huntington Ingalls Industries launched the U.S. Coast Guard‘s fourth National Security Cutter on Saturday, two months prior to its scheduled christening. The 418-feet long NSC Hamilton will be christened Oct. 26 at Pascagoula by Linda Kapral Papp, wife of Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert J. Papp. Jr., Huntington Ingalls announced Monday. …