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In Navy experiment, commercial satellites serve as key weapons against drug traffickers

Written by  Sandra Erwin Friday, 14 April 2023 11:18
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CARIBBEAN SEA (Nov. 10, 2022) An 11-meter rigid inflatable boat (center) from the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) and Dominican navy vessels Altair (GC-112) (right) and Becrux (LI-170) (left) conduct a bilateral maritime interdiction exercise off the coast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic November 10, 2022. Milwaukee is deployed to the U.S.
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In an experiment last fall near Virginia's coast, a team of engineers used commercial hardware, software and satellite data to show the U.S. Navy how it could quickly turn information from satellites into useful intelligence.

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