Category: Kristi Noem
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USCG awards Davie Defense contract to build five ASC polar icebreakers
USCG awards Davie Defense contract to build five ASC polar icebreakers Davie Defense has been awarded a United States Coast Guard contract to build five Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs). Two of the polar icebreakers will be constructed in Finland at Davie Defense’s sister facility, Helsinki Shipyard. Davie Defense closes Gulf Copper acquisition Davie Defense says…
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U.S. seizes Venezuela-linked tankers Bella I and Sophia
U.S. seizes Venezuela-linked tankers Bella I and Sophia In a post on X, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says that in two predawn operations today, the Coast Guard conducted back-to-back meticulously coordinated boarding of two “ghost fleet” tanker ships— one in the North Atlantic Sea and one in international waters near the Caribbean. Both…
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U.S., Canada and Finland recommit to ICE Pact
U.S., Canada and Finland recommit to ICE Pact Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday hosted Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kristen Hillman and Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto., at a Ministerial Meeting where all three countries signed a joint statement of intent committing them to doubling-down on their efforts to revitalize their…
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Noem cancels contracts with ESG for two Offshore Patrol Cutters
Noem cancels contracts with ESG for two Offshore Patrol Cutters Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Friday that she was canceling the contracts for two of the four U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) on order at Eastern Shipbuilding Group. Noem cancels HII order for eleventh National Security Cutter Cancelation of the…
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Noem cancels HII order for eleventh National Security Cutter
Noem cancels HII order for eleventh National Security Cutter Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said yesterday that she had successfully saved the American taxpayer over $260 million by canceling the order for the Coast Guard’s eleventh National Security Cutter. DHS said that Huntington Ingalls (HII) began production of the Legend-class National Security Cutter (NSC)…