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Insitu Could Release ScanEagle 2 In 2016

Wednesday, January 21st, 2015

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Boeing [BA] subsidiary Insitu could release its ScanEagle 2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in 2016, according to a senior company official.Insitu ScanEagle Product Line Director Don Williamson told sister publication Defense Daily Jan. 13 the company’s follow-up to its popular ScanEagle UAV was in the final development stages. Williamson said a highlight of ScanEagle 2 will be its clean sheet-designed, two-stroke engine created by Australia’s Orbital, which Insitu selected from among 52 companies in a global search to design ScanEagle…

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