Capt. Tom Vecchiola, USN Ret., the CEO of VT Systems — an ST Engineering company — and Brig. Gen. Ron Baczkowski, USMC Ret., the president of VT Halter Marine, discuss the company’s $750 million contract to build three heavy icebreakers for the US Coast Guard, it’s strategy to grow its US footprint and its impending name change with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2019 Sea Air Space conference and traddeshow near Washington where our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.