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Homeland Security

Autonomous Systems Are ‘Next Wave’ For Coast Guard, Zukunft Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

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Autonomous Systems Are ‘Next Wave’ For Coast Guard, Zukunft Says

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul F. Zukunft. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is a “decade behind” where it needs to be in terms of fielding and operating unmanned systems, particularly in the areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), the service’s top official said on Tuesday.“The next wave is autonomous systems,” Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft said at an event co-hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the U.S. Naval Institute.“I can request forces,” he said, “but those are precious commodities right now when we…

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