The U.S. Coast Guard in the coming months expects to see progress on some of the key aviation elements of the massive Deepwater modernization program, but the service is far from locking in what the final aircraft inventory will look like. One of the most significant changes could spring from the recent provisional approval USCG has given to the mission needs statement for a so-called organic air transport. The aircraft would be C-130 transports not part of the original Deepwater program.
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