The Navy’s New Frigate: An Obsolete Blast From The 90’s That May Work

The Navy's new frigate will be obsolete from the start. It's not great, but it is what we have, and if many can be built a ...
Homeland Security Today

Coast Guard’s Newest National Security Cutter Makes Second Cocaine Seizure in Five Days

Crew members from the pre-commissioned Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) sit atop a low-profile go-fast vessel interdicted by the crew July 31, 2019, in international waters of the Eastern Pacific ...
Homeland Security Today

Coast Guard’s Newest National Security Cutter Seizes More Than 2,100 Pounds of Cocaine

A boarding team member from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) inspects contraband discovered within a suspected drug smuggling vessel interdicted in international waters of the Eastern ...
Washington Examiner

DHS cuts contract for significantly delayed cutter, saving $260 million

The Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday that it cancelled the ongoing but delayed production of a legend-class National Security Cutter, saving more than $260 million. Shipbuilding ...
USNI

Ingalls, Coast Guard Scrap 11th National Security Cutter Over Contract Impasse, Says HII

Arleigh Burke destroyers Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125), Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) and the Legend-class cutter Calhoun (WMSL-759) at Ingalls Shipbuilding on Aug. 4, 2022. USNI News Photo This post ...
GovCon Wire

Huntington Ingalls to Build 9th US National Security Cutter Under $486M Contract

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has secured a $486 million contract to build a ninth National Security Cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard. The company said Friday that Legend-class NSCs are the ...
USNI

SECNAV: New Frigate will be Based on National Security Cutter, First FF(X) to be Built at Ingalls

An artist’s rendering of the proposed FF(X) frigate. US Navy image This post has been updated with a rendering of the proposed FF(X) design. The U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class will serve as the basis ...