"We got led astray with our previous project. We want
to make sure that doesn’t happen again. We want something
that will serve for many years."
Source: Rear Adm. Gary Blore, head of
acquisitions for the United States Coast Guard. Even as other
branches of the armed forces eagerly deploy a number of unmanned
aerial vehicles -- both domestically, and in battle zones overseas
-- the USCG says it will be several years before it deploys UAVs to
watch over the country's maritime borders, due to the lack of
suitable UAVs now available.