BINGEN, Wash., Oct. 6, 2011 Insitu Inc. announced today that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) delivered real-time video to Canadian Forces during the largest military exercise to date in the Far North. Operation Nanook brought together Canadian Forces, its security partners and numerous federal, territorial and municipal governments to conduct sovereignty operations and security exercises in Canada’s Northwest...
Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced today that it has concluded the second phase of a landmark trial conducted in partnership with Murdoch University that aims to determine if unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are a cost-effective, capable alternative to manned assets for surveying marine mammals. During the two-week operation, Insitu Pacific’s ScanEagle UAS captured up to 3,000 images...
During a 72-hour counter-terrorism surge supporting Operation Unified Protector (OUP), the ScanEagle UAS was operated organically aboard USS Mahan (DDG 72) to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support. In strong winds, ScanEagle performed cooperatively with a host of U.S. and NATO participating forces. “What happened over that period of time, no one expected,” said ScanEagle Detachment Officer in Charge Lt. Nick...
Canada is deploying unmanned surveillance aircraft to the High Arctic for the first time, as part of the largest military exercise ever in the Far North. Catapult-launched Boeing ScanEagle unarmed drones similar to those used by the Canadian army for surveillance in Afghanistan are to assist in a major air disaster scenario in an extremely remote area near Resolute,...
Insitu Inc. announced today that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) surpassed 500,000 combat flight hours and more than 56,000 combat sorties to deliver actionable intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) to the warfighter with 99 percent mission readiness. Consistently providing long sorties and high mission-readiness over half a million hours demonstrates the maturity and reliability of Insitu systems, processes and practices....
Insitu Inc., in collaboration with Boeing, ING Engineering and the Canadian Forces, today announced that it has donated a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Marking the significance of Canada’s participation in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, the contribution coincides with the commemoration of the 25,000 combat flight hours that Insitu systems have flown in support of...
Senator Kent Conrad today visited the University of North Dakota’s Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems and noted how Grand Forks has quickly become a world-renowned center for unmanned aerial vehicles research, education and training. “As UAS operations play an ever-increasing role, there will be an even greater need to develop the technology to support these systems for our military...
By Gidget Fuentes SAN DIEGO — The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed in late February with the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft, marking the first time any MEU has taken the combat-proven drone out to sea for an operational assignment, officials said. The lightweight ScanEagle is based aboard the dock landing ship Comstock, part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, and will...
Gizmag highlights the use of ScanEagle images to track arctic seals. The Arctic region is currently experiencing a warming trend which is seeing the ice cap break apart, and may even ultimately result in the total absence of ice in the summer months. Many scientists attribute this trend to man made global warming, but whatever the cause, it’s not...
Boeing is looking to offer its highly successful ScanEagle UAV to India, Dr. Vivek Lall, Vice President, Boeing Defense, Space and Security, India, said. In an interview to defenseworld.net, Dr. Lall said the ScanEagle will be offered to India as part of its homeland defence and security products range. Executives will be at hand at the Aero India 2011...
