The Acquisitions Directorate (CG-9) has issued a new edition of their newsletter, “Delivering the Goods.”

It includes three pages discussing the Weather Channel’s “Coast Guard Alaska,” and the role of upgraded HC-130Hs, MH-65Ds, and MH-60Ts in the show.

There are short reports on the status of the Fast Response Cutter (FRC) program, H-65 upgrades, and delivery of the first of four Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) to Mexico through the Coast Guard’s Foreign Military Sales program. The first FRC, Bernard C. Webber (WPC-1101), has completed acceptance trials and is expected to be delivered in January, with the follow-on cutters being delivered at roughly three month intervals. The Mexican MPA are essentially similar to the Coast Guard’s HC-144s, and all four are expected to be delivered by April.

There is a one page profile of Captain John Wood, the C4ISR program manager (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance).

Master Chief Ayers answers a question about why acquisition funds can’t be diverted for maintenance.

The newsletter is available as a pdf. Read here.