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Homeland Security

Port Security Experiment In Tampa Bay Successful

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Thursday, September 4th, 2008

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A recent Navy and Coast Guard experiment to demonstrate certain aspects of future sea-going sensor packages in the port security role was successful, an industry official whose firm supported the experiment told sister publication TR2. The week long experiment late last month in the Tampa Bay, Fla., region made use of two autonomous underwater vehicle systems (AUVS) that are part of the Navy's Mine Countermeasures Mission Modules that will be deployed aboard Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). Participants included the Coast…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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