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Coast Guard Setting Up New Round Of USV Tech Demonstrations

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, June 14th, 2021

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Coast Guard Setting Up New Round Of USV Tech Demonstrations

The 29RDC autonomous vessel underway during the Coast Guard’s unmanned surface vehicle demonstration Oct. 7 through Nov. 5 off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. Photo: Coast Guard

The Coast Guard’s Research and Development Center (RDC) is planning a new set of evaluations of unmanned surface vessel (USV) technology to examine the ability of autonomous systems to avoid collisions at sea and conduct additional missions. The Coast Guard is working with Sea Machines to formalize a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to modify the company’s SM300 autonomous vessel technology currently installed on an existing RDC test asset, the 29RDC, which was used last fall in an evaluation…

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