“Insitu
is extremely proud of the partnership we have with Naval Air Systems
Command,” said Insitu Senior Vice President of Integrator Programs
Ryan Hartman. “We see this milestone as confirmation of our government-industry
team's commitment to delivering the first expeditionary, multi-intelligence
UAS in this class to the Navy and Marine Corps.”
RQ-21A is an expeditionary, no-runway solution that supports missions
afloat and ashore and has demonstrated rapid payload integration to
help commanders quickly adapt to emerging threats.
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded the STUAS program to Insitu
for its Integrator UAS in July 2010 to provide persistent maritime and
land-based tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data
collection and dissemination capabilities. The Integrator UAS design
served as the baseline for the RQ-21A UAS design. |
