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Coast guard coast guard , a coast guard

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helicopter , the M 865 dolphin

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helicopter has been in service since

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1984 with each of its five iterations

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from alpha to echo every upgrade

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enhanced the air frames capabilities ,

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enabling crews to complete life saving

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law enforcement and national security

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missions .

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Some of the upgrades to the MH 65

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include 40% more power and higher

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performance from new engines since 2007

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enhanced radar and electro optical

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infrared sensors and the capability to

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deploy aboard cutters from their flight

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deck , providing critical manned

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airborne surveillance and interdiction

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capabilities .

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Added airborne use of force capability

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equipped the MH 65 helicopter mount

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7.62 millimeter machine gun

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and a 50 caliber precision rifle to

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disable engines on non compliant

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vessels and provide fire support for

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coast guard boarding teams . I

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live with me .

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The program is now in the final phase

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of planned upgrades which is the

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modernization of the obsolete

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subsystems including improving the

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automatic flight control system ,

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installing digital glass cockpit

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instruments and installing a new

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integrated weather radar .