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Navy To Help Coast Guard Support Unmanned Vessels

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, February 2nd, 2023

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Navy To Help Coast Guard Support Unmanned Vessels

Navy and Coast Guard officers sign agreement for support of autonomous vessels. Navy photo

The Navy in January agreed to support the Coast Guard’s Research and Development Center (RDC) in the storage and maintenance of optionally manned and unmanned service vessels (USVs), giving the center access to greater capabilities than it has in-house. The memorandum of understanding allows the New London, Conn.-based RDC to temporarily store its three USVs at the Naval Submarine Base, which is also in New London. The Coast Guard is evaluating the USVs for various applications, including autonomous operations and…

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