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EURONAVAL
2014 Show Daily - INSITU ScanEagle 2 UAS |
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Insitu
officially presents its new ScanEagle 2 Unmanned Aerial System |
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From its booth at the Euronaval Exhibition and Conference in Paris,
Insitu announced today the ScanEagle 2, the next generation of its revolutionary
ScanEagle platform. Leveraging lessons learned from more than 800,000
operational hours, 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. |
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New ScanEagle 2 integrates fully digital video system and a more robust
navigation system |
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“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.”
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ScanEagle
2's propulsion system is the first reciprocating internal combustion
propulsion system designed and manufactured specifically for Small-Unmanned-Aircraft-Systems-class
vehicles |
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Engineered
for unmatched performance, 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. The aircraft’s new architecture also maximizes commonality
with all Insitu systems, reducing training, hardware and life-cycle
costs. |
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Insitu's new ScanEagle 2 Unmanned Aerial System (Pic.:
Insitu) |
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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.
Insitu Inc., located in Bingen, Wash., is a wholly owned subsidiary
of The Boeing Company. Insitu designs, develops and manufactures UAS
and provides associated services for commercial, civil and defense applications.
With a small footprint and customer focus for both land and sea operations,
the company’s family of UAS solutions and global mission support
serves the needs of worldwide customers.
Thanks to its state-of-the-ar modular propulsion system, the ScanEagle
2 has an endurance of 16+ hours with a cruise speed of 50-60 knots (93-111km/h)
and a maximal horizontal speed of 80 knots (150km/h).
To date, these systems have accumulated more than 800,000 operational
flight hours and 100,000 sorties. |
