The US Coast Guard has shelved the Eagle Eye UAV Program.

It appears that Bell, the manufacturer of the aircraft, billed it as being nearly ready for production, and it clearly is not.

First flight, which is yet to occur, was supposed to be in 2006.

Yet another clusterf$%# associated with the Coast Guard’s Deepwater program, and another nail in the coffin for the Lead System Integrator (LSI) concept of government contracts.

It looks like the USCG will be going with an existing system.