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Navy Awards Boeing’s Insitu $43.7 Million For STUAS Tier II Effort

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Friday, July 30th, 2010

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By Geoff Fein The Navy has awarded a $43.7 million contract to Insitu, the makers of ScanEagle, for the long-awaited Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS)/Tier II program over three other entries. Insitu, which is owned by Boeing [BA], beat out the team of General Dynamics [GD] and Israel's Elbit Systems [ESLT], and Raytheon [RTN] (Defense Daily, April 8). Its bid was based on its Integrator design. The Navy has been steadily awarding Insitu contracts for continued ScanEagle use while…

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