The Coast Guard demonstrated a number of autonomous and semi-autonomous drones to a small group of reporters at the service’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. , on Tuesday.

The service recently announced a significant transformation effort called Force Design 2028 (FD2028), which Vice Adm. Thomas Allan, acting Vice Commandant, described on Tuesday as a “once in a generation effort to transform the Coast Guard.”

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