Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aircraft is ready for launch at the airport in Arlington, Ore., in 2013. (Don Ryan/AP) (AP) LONDON — ...

Here’s what you need to remember: Equipping surface ships with small unmanned aerial systems expands their surveillance horizons, lethality, and overall effectiveness at a low cost. The world’s oceans ...

August 31, 2022: In the latest American aid package for Ukraine there are fifteen of the latest ScanEagle UAV, to be used for finding targets for Ukrainian artillery and missiles. This is something ...

The world’s oceans and seas are vast. Maritime challenges to U.S. interests and international legal and humanitarian responsibilities are increasing in both quantity and quality. But the number of ...

WASHINGTON ― What can fly for 12 hours straight, launches from a catapult on the deck of a Coast Guard cutter and has helped apprehend more than 11 tons of contraband? Answer: small unmanned aircraft ...

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The ScanEagle drone can be launched from a ship without the need for a runway. (Insitu) MELBOURNE, Australia — The U.S. Department of Defense has announced a contract award for 34 Insitu ScanEagle ...

All Coast Guard National Security Cutters should have ScanEagle drones aboard and available for launch to boost high seas surveillance and aid in drug interdictions and arrests, according to ...

The Royal Navy is looking towards the Unmanned Warrior exercise that will take place later this year to assess “all options” for the replacement of its Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles, ...

Aug. 9 (UPI) --Insitu has received a $5,000 minimum, $232 million order under an existing contract for mid-endurance unmanned aircraft systems. The order, announced Wednesday by the Department of ...

The Insitu/Boeing ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle has attracted interest as a potential reconnaissance asset for US military convoys in Iraq. The US Air Force UAV battle laboratory at Indian Springs, ...