Coast Guard Establishes Rapid Prototyping Office
As part of initiative launched earlier this year to boost the Coast Guard’s resources to enlarge the service and make it more agile and responsive, the service last Friday announced […]
Homeland Security
DHS Official Sees Path To Boosting Buys Of Coast Guard NSCs, OPCs and Future Arctic Cutter
The Coast Guard has a need for more surface assets than currently planned and sees a path forward to expand its fleet, a senior Department of Homeland Security official said […]
DHS Creates Program Executive Office for Drone and Counter-Drone Systems
To further sharpen its focus on the purchase of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and counter-drone solutions, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has established a new program executive office (PEO) […]
New Bureau of Ports Security to bring airport-style protection, cyber oversight to India’s Ports
New Delhi, January 6. India is set to significantly tighten security across its maritime gateways with the creation of the Bureau of Ports Security (BoPS), a new federal agency that will introduce airport-style access control, cyber monitoring and unif…
Over 2,700 Indians repatriated from Pakistan since 2014, government says
New Delhi. More than 2,700 Indian nationals, including fishermen and civilian prisoners, have been brought back from Pakistan over the past decade following sustained diplomatic and consular efforts by the Indian government, the Ministry of External Af…
Coast Guard Awards Polar Icebreaker Contracts To Bollinger And Rauma
The Coast Guard on Monday announced it awarded two contracts covering up to six new Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) icebreakers to Finland’s Rauma Marine Constructions and Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards, the […]
Indian Coast Guard inducts Samudra Pratap, its largest and first indigenously built pollution control vessel
New Delhi, December 24. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on December 23 inducted Samudra Pratap, the country’s first indigenously designed and built Pollution Control Vessel (PCV), marking a major boost to India’s maritime environmental protection and self…
Coast Guard Official Gives Rough Outline For Spending OBBBA Funds On Unmanned Systems
The Coast Guard’s priority for $350 million in budget reconciliation funds Congress approved earlier this year is for long-range unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) followed unmanned surface vessels, a service official […]
Rajnath Singh inaugurates 125 BRO projects in Ladakh, marks largest-ever simultaneous rollout
New Delhi, December 7. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on December 7 inaugurated 125 strategic infrastructure projects built by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), in what is the agency’s largest-ever simultaneous unveiling. The projects – 28 roads, 93…
Davie Defense Completes Acquisition Of Texas-Based Shipyards
Davie Defense on Wednesday said it has completed its acquisition of Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corp.’s shipbuilding assets in Texas, which will support the Coast Guard’s future Arctic Security Cutter […]