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Navy/USMC

Navy Awards Insitu $390 Million UAS Deal, Includes Sales To Canada, Poland And Oman

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, July 1st, 2019

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Navy Awards Insitu $390 Million UAS Deal, Includes Sales To Canada, Poland And Oman

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)

Boeing’s [BA] Insitu has received a $390 million deal to deliver Blackjack drones to the Navy and Marine Corps, as well as a series of unmanned aircraft sales to Canada, Poland and Oman, the Pentagon said Friday. Under the deal, Insitu will supply 63 RQ-21A attrition air vehicles to the Navy and Marine Corps, as well as an additional six Blackjack UAS and 17 of the air vehicles for the foreign military sales. The award also includes up to 93…

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