Sunday, July 22, 2012

Insitu Pacific to provide ScanEagle services to Royal Australian Navy

Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based affiliate of Insitu Inc., announced today it has extended and expanded its existing Australian Defence Force contract with the Australian Army to include the provision of ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) services for trials with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). ScanEagle will be installed on a number of RAN vessels commencing with a first-of-class flight trial on a Frigate in September 2012.

“These trials will enable the RAN to examine the issues affecting an embarked UAS capability and to determine the installation requirements on board our vessels,” said RAN UAS Development Project Manager Lieutenant Commander Bob Ferry, “The RAN’s endorsed Aviation vision, NA2020, is to have a UAS dedicated unit by 2020, and these embarked UAS trials are an important step towards Navy achieving that vision.”
     
Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based affiliate of Insitu Inc., announced today it has extended and expanded its existing Australian Defence Force contract with the Australian Army to include the provision of ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) services for trials with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). ScanEagle will be installed on a number of RAN vessels commencing with a first-of-class flight trial on a Frigate in September 2012.
The ScanEagle.
(Picture: Insitu)
 
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