
The increasing use of aerial drones by adversaries, cartels, and the clueless and careless means the Coast Guard needs to expand its use of counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) on its cutters and improve these capabilities overall, a service official told Defense Daily. The Coast Guard currently has seven of its 154-foot Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) equipped with C-UAS systems, six that are stationed in Bahrain as part of Patrol Forces Southwest Asia, and one in the U.S., a service spokesman…