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Homeland Security

Coast Guards Adds UAS To Additional National Security Cutters

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 19th, 2021

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Coast Guards Adds UAS To Additional National Security Cutters

A ScanEagle sUAS and launcher sit on the flight deck of the Coast Guard National Security Cutter Stratton. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Barney.

The Coast Guard has outfitted two more National Security Cutters (NSCs) with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), marking completion of installation of the first eight high-endurance ships with the ScanEagle drones. The Coast Guard said on April 16 that system operation verification for the UAS on the Legend-class cutters Hamilton and Midgett was completed in March. The Coast Guard’s NSCs employ the Boeing [BA] Insitu ScanEagle UAS on a contractor-owned and operated basis. So far, the ScanEagles have flown more than…

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