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Insitu’s ScanEagle Surpasses 17,000 Combat Flight Hours

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Friday, June 4th, 2010

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Boeing's wholly-owned independent subsidiaryInsitu Inc.'s ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) recently logged more than 17,000 combat flight hours and 1,700 sorties with the Canadian Forces, delivering the most advanced intelligence, the company said, Insitu's Canadian partner ING Engineering deploys field service representatives with extensive military backgrounds to provide cutting-edge ISR in support of Canadian defence efforts in Afghanistan and Canada. ScanEagle has been deployed with the Canadian Forces in theater since 2008 and it recently completed a successful maritime flight…

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