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Senate Panel Wants Coast Guard To Take Hard Look At Ultra Long Endurance UAS

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Senate Panel Wants Coast Guard To Take Hard Look At Ultra Long Endurance UAS
Coast Guard photo of a Puma AE UAS successfully landing on the flight deck of the Polar icebreaker Healy. The aircraft's wings are designed to dislodge upon landing as a precaution against impact damage.

To better put the Coast Guard in a position to counter drug smuggling far from American shores, Senate Appropriators are recommending a significant boost in the service’s research and development (R&D) efforts for long-range unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).In its markup last week of the Department of Homeland Security’s FY ’17 spending request, the Senate Appropriations Committee proposes adding $18 million to the Coast Guard’s R&D branch specifically “to test and evaluate the use of ultra-long endurance UAS in support of…

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