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form 14 operational mis-sions in the areas of maritime safety, law enforcement, environmental pro-tection, and national ^F defense. The Project's innovative approach affords several H^^r compelling advantages. By encompassing all of the USCG's ^T Deepwater assets, the Project is able to determine the most effective types and efficient mix of assets. The focus on performance capabilities empowers industry to leverage innova-tive new technologies and processes. Acquiring an integrated system of assets builds-in interoperability right from the start. Cohesive interoperability affords seamless coordinated perfor-mance of missions by multiple assets that produces an overall force multiplier effect. Global Trends ? Future Threats In the 21st century, demand for USCG services is projected to increase. Stud-ies by the Office of Naval Intelligence and others foresee global events ? such as the doubling world population, the continued decline in marine fisheries, the end of the cold war, and the tripling of international commerce ? greatly increasing the nation's reliance on the USCG. As a result, the USCG can expect increased emphasis on the protection of the environment and living marine resources. Illegal immigration and drug smuggling will continue to be service priorities. The requirement to perform international operations either individu-ally or jointly with other armed forces will increase. Overall, the USCG can anticipate a greater role as a unique instrument of national security. Always Ready? While the USCG stands "Semper Paratus," always ready, to face the many challenges of its deep water missions, the greatest threat confronting the ser-vice is that its deep water cutters and air-craft are aging and technologically obsolete. As a result, these platforms have excessive operating and mainte-nance costs and lack essential capabili-ties in speed, sensors, and interoperabil-ity that limit overall deep water mission effectiveness and efficiency. Project Acquisition Strategy The Deepwater Project is the USCG's answer to increasing service demands and pressing recapitalization needs. The Project is currently in Phase 1 Concept Exploration. Selected industry teams are researching and engineering their integrated Deepwater system concepts. November, 1999 Phase 1 began last August with the award of Conceptual Design contracts to three industry teams - Lockheed Mar-tin, Avondale Industries Inc., and Sci-ence Applications International Corp. serving as prime contractors. The chart at the bottom of the previous page pro-vides a complete list of Deepwater industry team participants. As noted on the Project schedule, an independent USCG Roles and Missions Study are underway. This group is examining and may recommend changes to the current slate of overall USCG responsibilities. The Study's findings will be incorporated into indus-try's integrated Deepwater system designs. During Phase 2, industry teams will develop final cost and technical propos-als for their integrated Deepwater sys-tem concepts. Contract award to one team for the construction and imple-mentation of the Integrated Deepwater System is scheduled for January 2002. 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