Got my Seapower 2026 Almanac today. This is one of the benefits of being a Navy League member.
It includes information on ships, boats, aircraft, weapon systems, sensors, and flag officers of the Coast Guard, Maritime Administration (MARAD), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as well as those of the Navy and Marine Corps.
It reported the cancellation of the Offshore Patrol Cutter Contract with Eastern.
Regarding the “Fast Response Cutter” program, 61 have been delivered. #62 and 63 will go to Guam, #64 to San Juan, PR, #65 to Astoria, OR, #66 to San Pedro, CA, #67 to St. Petersburg, FL, #68-77 were included in the “Big Beautiful Bill,” and #78 and 79 are in the current budget request.
Also included are reports on the status of Coast Guard aviation programs.
Passed in 2025 was authorization for purchase of 6 HC-130J which will bring the fleet up to 25. 17 aircraft have completed miss ionization. All 18 HC-144s have been missionized including Minotaur and have been redesigned HC-144B. “In 2024, the Coast Guard made the decision to cancel the C-27J missionization program and to conclude C-27J operations by 2028.”
There are currently 48 MH-60Ts in the fleet. The Coast Guard plans to expand the H-60 fleet to 127 aircraft.
There are currently 84 H-65E in the Coast Guard fleet and some will remain in service until the late 2030s.
Chuck Hill's CG Blog 
48 + 84 = 132, not 127. In the face of expanding mission requirements and growing expanse to cover it baffels me that fewer assets are acquired particularly for a force that LIVES in the Presence Missionset, and growing SAR demands. Even the USCG cannot be in two places at once.
Moving to an MH-60T Jayhawk force will simplify logistical support, maintenance activity, and training with greater capability across the force resulting. The greatest upgrade they could receive would be a T901 engine upgrade.
I presume the lesser number of aircraft is because in some cases air stations that had both H-60s and H-65 are reequipped with a greater number of H-60s but less than the sum of 60s and 65s.