Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA started construction on its second Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), Icarus (WMSM 920). Like Pickering (WMSM 919), Icarus is being built at the company’s Mobile, ...

Austal USA has commenced construction of the second Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) for the United States Coast Guard – Icarus (WSMM 920) – at the Mobile, Alabama shipyard (Images: Austal USA) ...

Passage of the "Big, Beautiful Bill" this summer has provided a jolt to the U.S. Coast Guard's shipbuilding program as it seeks to replace most of ...

The Coast Guard plans to buy 84 new ships and aircraft by 2035 with an injection of $25 billion in supplemental funding approved last week as part of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act. Adm ...