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Boeing’s Insitu UAS Subsidiary Establishes Commercial Unit

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, May 2nd, 2016

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Boeing’s Insitu UAS Subsidiary Establishes Commercial Unit

ScanEagle UAS recovered by "SkyHook" following seven-hour sortie at Wallops Island in February. Photo: Coast Guard

Boeing’s [BA] Insitu subsidiary on Monday said it has established a commercial business unit to leverage the company’s experience in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the emerging commercial market for UAS data collection.Insitu’s ScanEagle UAS has been used by the Navy for years and its RQ-21A Blackjack UAS is now operating with the Marine Corps. While the company’s business is largely focused on defense, it does serve commercial customers as well.The company has demonstrated UAS operations for railway monitoring, performed…

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