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House Panel Wants Coast Guard To Examine UAS For Its Medium Endurance Cutters

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, July 7th, 2025

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House Panel Wants Coast Guard To Examine UAS For Its Medium Endurance Cutters

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last week introduced a bill that would direct the Coast Guard to study deploying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) it uses on its fleet of high-endurance National Security Cutters (NSCs) for operations aboard its current and future medium endurance cutters. The Coast Guard Commandant would have a year to report the study results to Congress, according to the bipartisan Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 released on July 2. The Coast Guard has been operating…

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