The Coast Guard’s new range of missions during the COVID-19 global shows how the service is in need of key modernization programs, Coast Guard commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said on Monday. For example, the pandemic “just validates the urgency” in upgrading the Coast Guard’s information technology infrastructure. Schultz stressed the need for greater connectivity with cutters and also mobility to handle fast-moving crises, he said at the Navy League’s virtual Sea-Air-Space conference, which is taking place this week online in lieu of the annual meeting in National Harbor, Md. The Coast Guard, which sits in the Department of Homeland Security, … Continue reading Schultz: Coast Guard Response to COVID-19 Highlights Modernization Needs