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U.S. Trade and Development Agency - Definitional Mission for Integrated DEEPWATER System in Southern Africa
| (August 2003) Mayflower Partners LLC (formerly known as Finance Specialists LLC (CA)), conducted a multi-sectoral,
multi-country Definitional Mission (DM) in South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique during the weeks of July 14-27, 2003. The focus of
the mission was to promote better maritime security along the vast coastlines of South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique, while,
at the same time, promoting exports from the U.S. Coast Guard's new $17 bln Integrated DEEPWATER System (IDS) program.
It will ultimately provide the USCG (now part of the Department of Homeland Security) with three classes of new cutters and their associated small boats, a new fixed-wing manned aircraft fleet, a combination of new and upgraded rotary-wing aircraft fleet, both cutter-based and land-based unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and a new Common Operational Picture command, control, communications and intelligence integration system, all supported by a common, fully-integrated logistics management system. |
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Growing economic and security concerns, including counter-terrorism cooperation, environmental and fisheries surveillance and protection,
and search and rescue operations, highlight the necessity for U.S. partnership with the Southern African states regarding maritime
coastal protection. The purpose of the DM was to evaluate the financeability of the potential exports; the development priority
of the imports for the host countries; the U.S. export potential of the sales; and the general strengths and weaknesses of the
individual sales. Mayflower Partners contacted U.S. exporters Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and MD Helicopters,
among others, in the course of the mission. In South Africa and Mozambique, we met with several large banks (NedBank, Rand Merchant Bank,
ABSA, Banco Standard Totta de Moçambique, Citibank), senior government officials, and large industrial manufacturers.
In preparing to undertake this assignment, we researched the maritime security sector by consulting with the U.S. Coast Guard, the
Department of Commerce, the U.S. Maritime Administration, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), the State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Eximbank, the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Bank, and various other resources. As a result of the mission, we were
commissioned to write a White Paper entitled "Maritime Security Issues in Southern Africa - Implications for U.S. Policy", which was
provided to the U.S. State and Commerce Departments.
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