Insitu Integrator RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Air System Completes First Ship-Based Flight

The US Navy’s RQ-21A Insitu Integrator Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS) completed its first flight at sea Feb. 10 from the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19).Mesa Verde is underway conducting exercises in the Gulf of Mexico.

The system completed three months of land-based trial flights at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, Calif., before launching from a LPD-class ship.

Photos: U.S. Navy

Source: Navair News

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