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Major Advantages to Platform Thanks to its Small Dimensions
While the US military has been losing larger and pricey unmanned aircraft to hostile fire, a small unmanned aircraft is gaining momentum. Last June, Iran shot down a $200 million Global Hawk drone with a locally made surface-to-air missile. Only days earlier, a $16 million Reaper drone was downed in…
Boeing Insitu’s Extended-Range Blackjack Is Changing How The Joint Force Thinks About Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The RQ-21 Blackjack unmanned aircraft system won a major award from the commander of the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) yesterday for exceeding U.S. Navy readiness goals during deployments in places like the Persian Gulf.
Indonesia accepts reconnaissance drone, helicopter grant from US
A ScanEagle drone is shown during an Insitu customer event in Mazagon, Spain, on May 15, 2018, (Reuters/Courtesy Insitu/Handout)
Indonesia Accepts US Grant Of ScanEagle Drones, Bell Chopper Upgrade
ScanEagle drone being launched from a frigate
UMEX 2020: Insitu-Boeing Introduces Integrator ER Extended Range UAV
American-Company Insitu-Boeing continues to increase its presence in the Middle-East defense and security market showcasing latest technologies and innovation of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial vehicles) at UMEX 2020, the International Unmanned Defense Systems Exhibition that takes place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Primary weaponry defense system grant from U.S. approved
We have given our approval to the government to receive a grant from the United States (U.S.) of 14 units of Scan Eagle UAV and three units of upgraded Helicopter Bell 412 Equipment Speaker of the House of Representatives’ Commission I, Meutya Hafid. ANTARA/Syamsuddin Hasan/am/ac.
US Navy Accessorize with CBR Sensors
A group of U.S. Navy researchers designed a new drone accessory for including a chemical, organic, or radiological sensor to a Boeing mounted-wing drone or a DJI octocopter. The invention is known as SCAPEGOAT (Senses CBR Agents Pre-Engagement and Goes Over All Terrain), and it earned the Navy U.S. Patent…
Blackjack UAS Fielding Complete for Navy, Marine Corps
Marines lift an RQ-21A Blackjack UAS onto a launcher before flight operations aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha. The fielding of the UAS achieved full operational capability last year. U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Adam Dublinske.
Insitu CTO Talks Using Embedded and Edge Processing to Improve UAS Information Delivery
A U.S. Marine places the starter into an RQ-21A Blackjack during a Weapons and Tactics Instructor course at Canon Air Defense Complex in Yuma, Ariz. The United States Marine Corps received the final of 21 Blackjack systems last June. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo)
Coast Guard Expedites ScanEagle ISR Services for National Security Cutters
A ScanEagle is launched during a Strait of Hormuz transit aboard USS Lewis B. Puller. The U.S. Coast Guard is expediting installation of the unmanned aerial vehicle on its Legend-class national security cutters. U.S. Navy/Chief Logistics Specialist Brandon Cummings.
