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Homeland Security

Senate Panel Hits Coast Guard For ‘Neglect’ On Lack Of UAS Acquisition

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, June 19th, 2015

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Senate Panel Hits Coast Guard For ‘Neglect’ On Lack Of UAS Acquisition

Coast Guard air crew unhook a MQ-8B Fire Scout during a test on the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf. Photo: Coast Guard

The Coast Guard's small but expanding fleet of National Security Cutters (NSC) continues to operate without key unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), which is a source of “neglect,” Senate appropriators say in their report that accompanies the FY ’16 spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).“The Coast Guard will procure its first operational UAS in 2015 at the direction of Congress despite having already commissioned four National Security Cutters with which they should be paired,” the panel says in…

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