Boeing's [BA] ScanEagle unmanned aircraft (UA) logged a pair of service milestones as it surpassed 50,000 combat flight hours with Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) in Iraq and 1,000 shipboard recoveries with the Navy, the company reported. ScanEagle is a joint effort of Boeing and Insitu Inc. ScanEagle entered service with the Marines in July 2004 and provides persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services. The Navy has used ScanEagle since July 2005 aboard the USNS Stockham (T-AK 3017), USS Whidbey Island…
Boeing’s ScanEagle Reaches Flight, Recovery Milestones
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