The Coast Guard Research and Development Center stood up the Science and Technology Innovation Center to use innovation, prototyping and rapid integration to find high-technology solutions to operational challenges in the Coast Guard and DHS.
The RDT&E program is dedicated to maintaining a balanced portfolio of projects that supports the Coast Guard’s short, medium and long range requirements across all major missions. Programs fall under six main program areas.
Surface: The program focuses on the offensive and defensive security of our ports, vessels that operate within our ports, and the critical infrastructure within our ports that supports our nation’s economy
Aviation: The program develops and maintains competencies in relevant test and evaluation methods, manned and unmanned aircraft technologies, sensor and avionics technologies, performance measurement, test data analysis and comprehensive analysis of technology solutions to performance gaps
C4ISR: The program encompasses systems, procedures, and techniques used to collect and disseminate information to include information management, cyber-security, communications, sensor and sensing systems
Environment and Waterways program provides technical expertise in the areas of search and rescue, pollution prevention and response, non-indigenous species, fisheries management, and the automatic information system
Modeling and Simulation Center of Expertise program provides Coast Guard program managers and operational commanders with access to modeling and simulation analysis to meet life cycle and mission needs for Acquisition, Strategy, Operations and Tactics.
Technology Innovation and Analysis program provides department, component, program and project level support for requirements verification planning and execution, from the development of Coast Guard guidance through the Major Systems Acquisition Manual to the deck-plate level execution of test procedures
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