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Coast Guard Remains Interested In Long-Range, High-Endurance UAS For Maritime Patrol, Schultz Says

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Coast Guard Remains Interested In Long-Range, High-Endurance UAS For Maritime Patrol, Schultz Says
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz. Photo: Coast Guard

The Coast Guard and its partners continue to examine the possibility of using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that can patrol the drug transit zones for a day or more at a time, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said on Tuesday. The Coast Guard under Schultz’s predecessor, retired Adm. Paul Zukunft, made a push for land-based , long-range UAS that could operate out of Central America to aid in maritime surveillance operations in the Eastern Pacific where drug smugglers out…

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