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The Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack, company name Integrator, is an American unmanned air vehicle designed and built by Boeing Insitu to meet a United States Navy requirement for a small tactical unmanned air system (STUAS). [6] It is a twin-boom, single-engine monoplane, designed as a supplement to the Boeing Scan Eagle. [6]
In July 2011, a team of two ScanEagles and another UAV cooperated to search and navigate a mountain area autonomously. [11] Insitu introduced an improved ScanEagle 2 variant in October 2014 that has a new purpose-built heavy-fuel engine for increased reliability, which increases electrical power but decreases endurance to 16 hours.
Insitu Inc. is an American company that designs, develops and manufactures unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, [5] [6] and has several offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. [4]
A Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UAV, the Gray Eagle has an increased wingspan compared to the original MQ-1 Predator and is powered by a Thielert Centurion 1.7 Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE). [24] This is a Diesel piston engine that burns jet fuel, giving the aircraft better performance at high
The modern concept of U.S. military UAVs is to have the various aircraft systems work together in support of personnel on the ground. The integration scheme is described in terms of a "Tier" system and is used by military planners to designate the various individual aircraft elements in an overall usage plan for integrated operations.
The UAV transitions seamlessly from hover to horizontal flight, enabling it to perform a wide range of missions. The V-BAT is equipped with advanced autonomy software, including Shield AI’s Hivemind, which allows it to operate in GPS- and communications-denied environments.
Boeing's MQ-25 design is powered by one Rolls-Royce AE 3007N turbofan engine delivering 10,000 lbf (44 kN) of thrust; this is a variant of the engine used to power the Navy's MQ-4C Triton. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The aircraft is less stealthy than flying wing UAVs.
The Eagle Eye prototype crashed in 2006, and Bell could not get enough interest or money to keep the program going. However, in January 2016, the U.S. Army said it was searching for a mid-sized "runway independent" UAV, years after losing interest in the Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout. Although the Army has not specified whether it wants a ...