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Many sUAS of today are now involved with a variety
of disciplines. In the case of the USCG project, the
ScanEagle is deployed to one of 11 cutter ships in
the USCG fleet, to conduct intelligence surveillance
and reconnaissance (ISR) services. Similar work was
referenced in the 2009 movie Captain Phillips, where
a ScanEagle was deployed to rescue a kidnapped ship
captain from pirates.
Additionally, the ScanEagle is actively used in disaster
response, such as in the Olympic National Park forest
fires in 2015; Hurricane Harvey in Texas and the Eagle
Creek and Northern California wildfires in 2017; and
even in search and rescue missions. In the Bering Sea
earlier this year a ScanEagle, on behalf of USCG ef-
forts, found a wayward ship and brought in a Medevac
helicopter for help.
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