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Canada Becomes First Foreign Buyer Of Insitu’s Blackjack UAS

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, September 1st, 2016

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Canada Becomes First Foreign Buyer Of Insitu’s Blackjack UAS

Members of the RQ-21A Blackjack test team transport the RQ-21A Blackjack across the flight deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) after its first flight at sea Feb. 10, 2013. (U.S. Navy photo)

Canada has signed an agreement making it the first foreign buyer of the Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned air system (UAS).One Blackjack system, which consists of five air vehicles, two ground control stations, and launch and recovery equipment, will be delivered to the Canadian Army in 2017, U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) said Aug. 29.The air vehicle, which is a larger, twin-tailed successor to Insitu’s ScanEagle, is eight feet long, has a 16-foot wingspan and has an endurance of up…

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