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Homeland Security

Coast Guard Evaluation Shows USVs can Help With Missions

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, December 7th, 2020

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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 and machine…

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