The Coast Guard and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego launched the Blue Technology Center of Expertise on the Scripps Oceanography campus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in San Diego, January 24, 2020. The center’s mission is to create a pipeline for rapid identification, evaluation and transition of new blue technologies into Coast Guard capabilities and to function as an official conduit to the technology sector. (Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Gray)