GAO calls on Coast Guard to improve cyber for Maritime Transportation System
The GAO said the MTS “faces significant and increasing cybersecurity risks” from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia and other “transnational criminal organizations.”
Coast Guard commandant praises ICE Pact’s potential, still needs icebreakers ‘now’
"There's a defense industrial base reality to this, certainly as it pertains to shipbuilding and shipyard capacity," Adm. Linda Fagan told Breaking Defense.
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‘Not enough’: US Coast Guard’s new ops posture statement raises alarm on need for more money
Vice Adm. Peter Gautier said the Coast Guard would ideally need a $6 billion annual boost in order to accomplish all of its maintenance and modernization needs.
Philippines, US, Japanese coast guards to boost cooperation after Quad meet
The commander of US Coast Guard Indo-Pacific operations, Vice Adm. Andrew Tiongson, told regional reporters that he will "work very closely with those nations to ensure that we’re operating in the correct place, the correct time, and actually exercising the correct things.
US intel agency publishes imagery it says links Iranian weapons to Houthi attacks
One slide, for example, shows parts of intercepted munitions that share "key identifiable features with Iranian antiship cruise missiles," the Defense Intelligence Agency said.
At Shangri La, senators say US must boost defense spending in showdown with China
Sen. Tammy Duckworth said she "wouldn't commit" to such a dramatic jump in spending as floated by Sen. Roger Wicker, but she "certainly welcome[s] that conversation."
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Cost, schedule for Coast Guard’s new cutter is sailing off course: GAO
The watchdog found the program's cost has increased 40 percent over the past 10 years, and accumulated a year-and-a-half delay on the first four vessels.