Monthly Archives: February 2012

Canadian Navy Tests ScanEagle in the Mediterranean

Aboard HMCS Charlottetown, the ship’s team and civilian technicians from ING Engineering place the launch and recovery equipment for the ScanEagle on the flight deck: the catapult launcher on the starboard side, and the recovery system — a device based on the Insitu SkyHook — on the port side - Photo : MCpl Robin Mugridge

When HMCS Charlottetown deployed to the Mediterranean Sea for Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR, she took with her a potent surveillance and reconnaissance capability that is new to Canadian warships: the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft, a small, low-cost, long-endurance UAS built by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing. Continue reading

University of Alaska Uses UAS for Dangerous Research

University of Alaska Fairbanks ScanEagle on Display During the Science for Alaska Lecture – Photo:Michelle Strehl/ Sun Star

The UAF Geophysical Institute is hosting their annual Science for Alaska lecture series in order to introduce the Fairbanks community to new technology – the first lecture educated the audience about the use of unmanned aircraft.

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