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U.S. Coast Guard

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gov defenseFounded 1790
Washington, D.C., United States
www.uscg.mil
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The Spaceport Company’s offshore spaceport demonstration tested regulatory approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard for sea-based launches.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardOrg RelationshipMay 25, 2023Spaceport Company Makes History with First Ever Commercial Launch from U.S. Territorial Waters

The demonstration exercised obtaining approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard, clearing airspace and waters, and remotely launching the rocket.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardOrg RelationshipMay 23, 2023The Spaceport Company demonstrates offshore launch operations

The SARSAT Mission Control Center at NOAA’s Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, Maryland sends distress location information to Rescue Coordination Centers operated by the U.S. Air Force for land rescues and by the U.S. Coast Guard for water rescues.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardOrg RelationshipJan 24, 2023NOAA satellites helped to save 397 lives in 2022

Teledyne FLIR Defense was awarded a $48,700,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide Maritime Forward Looking Infrared (MARFLIR) II sensors and multiple variants of SeaFLIR 280-HD surveillance systems for use by the United States Coast Guard.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardOrg RelationshipOct 27, 2022Teledyne FLIR Defense gets $48.7M contract by USCG

The U.S. Coast Guard is working to refine maritime restriction zones for launches and to improve communication of those zones to ships.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative GeneralJul 11, 2022Department of Homeland Security publishes space policy

The 2022-05-24 Quad joint statement opposed coercive, provocative, or unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo and increase tensions, including militarization of disputed features, dangerous use of coast guard vessels and maritime militia, and efforts to disrupt offshore resource exploitation activities.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative GeneralMay 31, 2022Against Quad? China launches satellite-based Earth observation initiative with BRICS nations

A U.S. Coast Guard notice to mariners published 2021-12-08 lists a planned launch between 5 and 8 p.m. Eastern on 2021-12-22 with backup dates of 2021-12-23 and 2021-01-08–10.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative GeneralDec 10, 2021Virgin Orbit adds Spire satellite to next launch

The Japan Coast Guard is the latest maritime authority to adopt unmanned aircraft services from the European Maritime Safety Agency.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative GeneralAug 27, 2021Japan Coast Guard to deploy drones for military surveillance

Monitoring for illegal fishing is another mission for the Japan Coast Guard's drones.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative GeneralAug 27, 2021Japan Coast Guard to deploy drones for military surveillance

The Japan Coast Guard tested the ability of the drones' cameras to identify people floating in open waters and read the identities of individual vessels.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative GeneralAug 27, 2021Japan Coast Guard to deploy drones for military surveillance

The purpose of the drones is to increase the Japan Coast Guard's efficiency in conducting surveillance throughout Japan's territorial waters.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative GeneralAug 27, 2021Japan Coast Guard to deploy drones for military surveillance

The Japan Coast Guard spent $9 million testing the SeaGuardian drone.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative FinancialAug 27, 2021Japan Coast Guard to deploy drones for military surveillance

The Japan Coast Guard is planning to deploy drones for maritime surveillance.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative GeneralAug 27, 2021Japan Coast Guard to deploy drones for military surveillance

The Canadian Coast Guard deployed dozens of Iridium Certus Thales VesseLINK 700 terminals on its vessels, including icebreakers.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative GeneralAug 5, 2021Iridium’s Connection With Canadian Coast Guard

Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded an expanded role as systems integrator for C5ISR and control systems on the U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter by Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

Mentioned as: coast guardOrg RelationshipJun 22, 2021Northrop Grumman Developing C5ISR + Control Systems For USCG Offshore Patrol Cutters

Key beneficiaries of SatTrack include civil defense agencies, police, port authorities, coast guards, transport authorities, coastal surveillance bodies, and fisheries ministries.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative GeneralJun 6, 2021A Tracking + Monitoring Service From Thuraya Debuts For The Company’s Maritime Customers

MIDAS allows sensor data, including full-motion video from unmanned systems, to be processed in near real-time by analysts on board Canadian Coast Guard ships.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative GeneralFeb 24, 2021New drone surveillance system to be deployed on Canadian Coast Guard Vessels in trials funded by DRDC

The combination of the Martin UAV V-BAT and the Kongsberg MIDAS system will allow Coast Guard vessels to expand their surveillance range for search and rescue missions and iceberg movement surveillance without manned aircraft.

Mentioned as: U.S. Coast GuardNarrative GeneralFeb 24, 2021New drone surveillance system to be deployed on Canadian Coast Guard Vessels in trials funded by DRDC

MetOcean Telematics has been awarded a five-year blanket purchase agreement to supply the United States Coast Guard with the Iridium Self Locating Datum Marker Buoy (iSLDMB).

Mentioned as: United States Coast GuardOrg RelationshipJan 21, 2021Iridium Partner MetOcean Telematics Provides Search & Rescue Buoys to the USCG

Deployment of multiple MetOcean iSLDMB buoys in a suspected event location reduces the number of Coast Guard SAR vessels, aircraft, and personnel required to respond.

Mentioned as: Coast GuardTechnical ProductJan 21, 2021Iridium Partner MetOcean Telematics Provides Search & Rescue Buoys to the USCG
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