Leveraging Unmanned Systems for Coast Guard Missions (2020) / Chapter Skim
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The Service is currently sponsoring multiple initiatives to assess the applicability of UxSs to these mission areas and to introduce their capabilities into the fleet and force structure. To date, however, the initiatives have been characterized by limited funding spread over many years and the absence of a formal means, or a pacing mechanism, for proactively identifying, investigating, and integrating promising systems.
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Abundant evidence in this report points to both a compelling need and burgeoning opportunities for the Coast Guard to proceed more aggressively, albeit strategically and deliberately, in leveraging UxS advancements. Indeed, the study committee concludes that to remain responsive and fully relevant to its many missions, it is imperative that the Coast Guard take a more strategic and accelerated approach to exploit the capabilities of existing and future unmanned systems.
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The strategies are intended to convey urgency to senior leadership and to galvanize changes needed across the organization, from shifting budget priorities and adjusting acquisition policies to investing in supportive R&D and personnel recruitment and training. It is time, in the committee's view, for Coast Guard leadership to do the same for UxSs by articulating a vision for the use of these systems across mission areas, setting strategic goals and objectives for achieving that vision, and establishing appropriate organizational structures and lines of authority to introduce and integrate UxSs across the force structure.
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To build on and reinforce its naturally innovative culture, the Coast Guard should expand and normalize efforts to ensure ample and systematic operations-related experimentation with low-cost UxSs, including p otentially designating field units specifically for experimentation and rapid transitioning of systems into operations. Encouraging experimentation with low-cost UxS technologies will not only help to identify beneficial uses, but also nurture a technology-curious and -proficient workforce across the ranks.
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Given the Coast Guard's need to be opportunistic and enterprising in leveraging other organizations' technologies, the study should consider the likely advances in UxS capabilities and affordability, as well as strategic partnerships with other services and federal agencies, to enable cost-saving economies of scale. The study should also recognize that investments in UxSs may not be accompanied by opportunities to significantly reduce spending on manned assets and operations, but will nevertheless be vital to supporting efficient and capable hybrid operations to fulfill the Coast Guard's critical missions.
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