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Cyber

Coast Guard Fielding New Logistics Tracking System

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

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Coast Guard Fielding New Logistics Tracking System

An initial trial last December of a prototype system meant to standardize logistics tracking for Coast Guard assets is now being fielded to support one of the service’s HC-144A maritime patrol aircraft with plans to expand the implementation to additional Ocean Sentry aircraft this summer, the service said on Wednesday. The trial in December of the Coast Guard Logistics Information Management System (CG-LIMS) showed the prototype had a 100 percent accuracy rating for the training and performance categories and a…

Congress

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