USCG: Research & Development

Coast Guard R & D Center Center Connecticut Facts

• Location: New London, Connecticut
• Website:
  Visit Coast Guard R&D Center Website ›
• Phone: (860) 441-2600
• Longitude:
  -72.089
• Latitude:
  41.402
• DSN:
  N/A

When talking about a main role related to technical needs of Coast Guard, it refers to Connecticut Rd Center. This USCG Research and Development center is a big deal of Coast Guard. It organizes acquisition and evaluation of new facility of Coast Guard. The Connecticut Rd Center is headquartered in New London, Connecticut where it locates. The time is gone; the research and development center only focuses on some study areas. At the surface research, this center has created good ways to improve the safety of US ports from both natural attacks and man-made accidents.

The Connecticut Rd Center also attributes on higher quality of inspection procedure which has done in ports and controls the incoming goods. Another interesting area in Connecticut Rd Center is the enhancement of search and rescue procedures and equipments. In fact the research and development center undergoes development, research, evaluation and test related to big missions of Coast Guard. Also this organization operates a fire and safety test detachment in the mobile which could conduct the full scale ship fire difficulty.

The Connecticut Rd Center has great role in evaluating the affordability and feasibility of mission execution solution and supplying the operational and management of risk analysis at any cases of acquisition process. When needed, the Connecticut Rd Center incorporates with some experts in private and public sectors in attempt to influence the expertise of others. As it is located in the historical site of Fort Trumball are of Connecticut, it is very cozy to get Naval Submarine Base, Old Village, Coast Guard Academy ad Connecticut Rd Center by enjoying the Thames river.

If you wish to get Connecticut Rd Center, there are several things to note. It is not basically placed in a walking distance nearby Train Station. The shortest trip can be made by riding taxi from station. Indeed Taxis may get through the military base and get into parking for picking up and dropping of the visitors.