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Navy Awards Insitu $192 Million Mod To Build More Blackjack and ScanEagle Drones

Thursday, September 15th, 2022

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Navy Awards Insitu $192 Million Mod To Build More Blackjack and ScanEagle Drones

The Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack drone.(Photo: U.S. Marine Corps)

The Navy awarded Boeing’s Insitu, Inc. [BA] a $192 million modification adding scope to procure another 13 RQ-21A Blackjack and 25 ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) The contract also covers 48 RQ-21A and ScanEagle payloads and turrets, support equipment, spares, and tools to support the aircraft for the Navy, Marine Corps and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Insitu spokesman Pat Host told Defense Daily this modification is divided into 13 RQ-21As to the Navy and FMS customers and 25 ScanEagles…

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