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Coast Guard Seeks Info on Land-Based UAS

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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

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The Coast Guard's Research and Development center has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for land-based Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) that can operate over the maritime environment. The service seeks information on non-developmental Technical Readiness Level six or higher UAS technologies available from the government, industry and academia. The new RFI is independent of a separate market survey the Coast Guard posted last fall for UAS to operate off of the National Security Cutter. The Land-Based UAS could be used…

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