Winner of the 2011 Laureate Award for Defense- U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael C. Kostelnik (Ret.), assistant commissioner, Office of Air and Marine at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, for his leadership of an industry/government team that fielded the Guardian Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System in 2010. Developed in just over two years, the system was the first air vehicle dedicated to maritime homeland security and counter-narcotics missions. The aircraft is equipped with a radar that enables the detection, tracking and sorting of thousands of maritime targets simultaneously.
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