:

Homeland Security

Coast Guard Evaluation Shows USVs Can Help with Missions

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 8th, 2020

SHARE:

Coast Guard Evaluation Shows USVs Can Help with Missions

Watcher (left) and Saildrone unmanned surface vehicles during evaluation in 2020. (Photo: Coast Guard)

A recent month-long Coast Guard evaluation of commercially available unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) off the Coast of Hawaii demonstrated the effectiveness of the technology as a force multiplier in helping to carry out maritime domain awareness (MDA) missions in remote ocean areas but further advances are necessary, the Coast Guard said on Monday. The initial results from the evaluation showed that the USVs can provide “some level of daytime MDA” over an extended period but onboard artificial intelligence (AI) and…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]