SEAPOWER
Volume 52, Number 4, April 2009
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES
www.navyleague.org
DEPARTMENTS
3 President’s Message
4 Editor’s Note
5 Letters
7 Intercepts
38 Historical Perspective
42 Program Snapshot
44 Navy League News
48 Council Digest
6 Washington Report:
VH-71 presidential
helicopter is in for
a bumpy ride in Congress
32
SPECIAL REPORT:
INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, RECONNAISSANCE
As technology improves and platforms continue to be put through their
paces in real-world situations, unmanned aerial vehicles are becoming ever
more critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets to
the sea services. The Navy and Marines have used the catapult-launched
ScanEagle for a variety of missions, and the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter will be ready for its first Navy deployment later this year. Farther down
the road, the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance system promises yet another leap ahead in ISR capabilities.
16 Navy Readies Final Exam for Fire Scout
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
20 Navy, Marines Score Successes with ScanEagle
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
24 BAMS Demonstrator Represents Future of Persistent Surveillance
BY OTTO KREISHER
28 Navy Responds to Human Intelligence Gaps
BY ROXANA TIRON
30 Coast Guard Centralizes C4IT Management
BY JOHN C. MARCARIO
FEATURES
3 Troubling Signs on the Hill
BY J. MICHAEL McGRATH
12 United States is Odd Man Out in Law of the Sea Treaty
BY DAISY R. KHALIFA
32 INTERVIEW: Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary E. Landry
Director, Governmental and Public Affairs
BY JOHN C. MARCARIO
36 Coast Guard Sees NSC, Ocean Sentry Costs Rise
BY JOHN C. MARCARIO
56 In My Own Words
BY LT. KRAIG JONES
HC-130 HERCULES PILOT
COAST GUARD STATION CLEARWATER, FLA.
COVER ILLUSTRATION OF AN MQ-8B FIRE SCOUT UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN. COVER DESIGN BY AMY BILLINGHAM, PENSARÉ DESIGN GROUP LTD.
