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An overview video of the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center in New London, Connecticut, and its major activities, between 2024 and 2025. The RDC is the Coast Guard's primary facility performing research, development, and test and evaluation in support of the service's major missions. (U.S. Coast Guard video)
In fiscal year 2024, the Coast Guard Research and Development Center in New London, Connecticut, supported a research portfolio of 46 projects, covering the full scope of the Coast Guard’s missions.
This video highlights a few of those projects as well as work executed in fiscal year 2025, including maritime domain awareness for border security, border security research operational demonstration, mass rescue lifesaving appliance testing, unmanned ground vehicle evaluation for Arctic use and International Maritime Organization Polar Code validation through advanced simulation modeling.
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