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Coast Guard Approves Full Deployment Of Small UAS Aboard National Security Cutter Fleet

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020

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Coast Guard Approves Full Deployment Of Small UAS Aboard National Security Cutter Fleet

A ScanEagle sUAS and launcher sit on the flight deck of the Coast Guard National Security Cutter Stratton. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Barney.

The Coast Guard earlier this month approved a full-rate production decision for its small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), which frees the service to move forward to completing deployments of the systems aboard its fleet of National Security Cutters (NSCs). The Coast Guard currently has the ScanEagle sUAS systems on five NSCs and will outfit three additional ships this year, the service said on Wednesday. Congress has provided construction funding for 11 NSCs and long-lead funding for one more ship, which…

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