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Coast Guard Surveys Market For Group II and III UAS

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Coast Guard Surveys Market For Group II and III UAS
Coast Guard Cutter Stratton's Long-Range Interceptor-II cutter boat approaches a suspected drug smuggling vessel several hundred miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, Sept. 6, 2017, recorded by the ScanEagle small UAS on board the cutter. U.S. Coast Guard graphic.

The Coast Guard this month released a request for information (RFI) to determine potential sources and capabilities to provide unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that can deploy from the service’s cutters. Information is sought on Group II and Group III UAS that can conduct automatic flight operations, including for launch and recover, and remain airborne for at least 12 hours. Group II UAS are those with maximum gross take-off weight between 21 and 55 pounds and Group III drones are those…

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