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Unmanned Systems

Coast Guard’s First Robotics PEO Planning Rapid Acceleration Of Acquisitions

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 26th, 2025

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Coast Guard’s First Robotics PEO Planning Rapid Acceleration Of Acquisitions

The Coast Guard is planning to acquire AeroVironment's VideoRay Defender remotely operated vehicle. Photo: AeroVironment

The Coast Guard’s new, and first, program executive officer overseeing the lifecycle of the service’s efforts to develop, acquire, and maintain unmanned systems said he plans to dramatically decrease timelines to prototype and field capabilities amid an explosion of robotic technologies. The nine to 12 months it currently takes to host a competition and source-selection for unmanned systems needs to be trimmed to four to six months, Anthony Antognoli told Defense Daily on Tuesday. “By the time we compete technology,…

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