Thu, Oct 30, 2014
The Next Generation Of The ScanEagle Platform
The next generation of the ScanEagle platform has been introduced by Insitu at the Euronaval Exhibition and Conference in Paris.
The ScanEagle 2 (pictured in company-provided photo) leverages lessons learned from more than 800,000 operational hours, according to the company.
ScanEagle 2 provides increased payload power and expanded payload options, a more robust navigation system, better image quality due to a fully digital video system and a state-of-the-art, purpose-built propulsion system. The aircraft's new architecture also maximizes commonality with all Insitu systems, reducing training, hardware and life-cycle costs.
"For two decades, Insitu has made a name for itself through iterative innovation," said Ryan M. Hartman , Insitu's president and CEO. "ScanEagle 2 will shepherd us into the next two decades as we focus on reliability and affordability and enter the civil/commercial market. And as ScanEagle has always done, ScanEagle 2 will provide the capability our warfighters have come to expect from Insitu – yet more affordable and more capable."
Insitu says ScanEagle 2 employs a whole-systems approach to affordability and higher reliability that includes a new propulsion system – the first reciprocating internal combustion propulsion system designed and manufactured specifically for Small-Unmanned-Aircraft-Systems-class vehicles. ScanEagle 2 also enables commonality with other unmanned systems thanks to an open-architecture ground control system, as well as a launch-and-recovery system it shares with Integrator, Insitu's other unmanned platform.
(Image provided by Insitu)
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