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USCG ARCTIC TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION

Beyond the

Tip of the

Iceberg Tech:

GMS

RDT&E’s Annual Arctic

Technology Evaluation

U.S. Coast Guard photos by SN Kate Kilroy

By Karin Messenger he Coast Guard Research and Development Center Kittery, Maine, homeport on Sept. 29, 2020.

(RDC) teamed up with Coast Guard Cutter Camp- “Testing various technologies by cutter crews for operation bell’s crew last summer to evaluate ? ve technolo- in cold and Arctic environments provides highlights on what

T gies as part of the RDC’s annual Arctic Technology works and what may need improvement, and can help in? u-

Evaluation. The Campbell crew conducted the evaluations ence tactics, techniques and procedures,” said Brian Dolph, during their two-month deployment supporting joint Arctic who heads the RDC’s Surface Branch. “This work directly operations off Greenland’s western coast, returning to their contributes to two lines of effort in the Coast Guard Arctic 24 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • June 2021

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