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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]
Insitu, with the U.S. Navy, developed the RQ-21A Blackjack to fill the requirement for a small tactical UAS capable of operating from both land and sea. [13] The Integrator is the standard variant of the RQ-21A. Insitu's UAVs are launched via a pneumatic catapult launcher and are recovered using the SkyHook recovery system. [4]
In March 2007, the Night Owls deployed again for the fifth time in support of OIF 06–08. Deploying with the AAI RQ-2 Pioneer and ScanEagle yet again, the Night Owls executed a successful combat deployment and returned to MCAS Cherry Point later in 2007. In January 2008, VMU-2 transitioned from the RQ-2B Pioneer to the AAI RQ-7B Shadow ...
The Boeing Insitu ScanEagle is a small, long-endurance, low-altitude unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle built by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, and is used for reconnaissance. [1] [2] The ScanEagle was designed by Insitu based on the Insitu SeaScan, a commercial UAV that was intended for fish-spotting. The ScanEagle ...
Lockheed D-21, reconnaissance (1964) Lockheed Indago 3 [339] Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk, reconnaissance (2001) Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk III; Lockheed Martin MPUAV Cormorant (cancelled) [citation needed] Lockheed Martin P-175 Polecat, research (2006) Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel, reconnaissance (2009) Lockheed Martin RQ-3 DarkStar ...
The Aerosonde platform, then the sole product of Insitu inc. gained prominence on 21 August 1998 when an Aerosonde "Laima" [4] became the first unmanned aerial vehicle to cross the North Atlantic, covering a 3270 km route in a time of 26 hrs 45 min. [5] On 22 June 2006, Aerosonde Ltd was acquired by the AAI Corporation.
On 5 March 2012, the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) awarded AAI a contract to provide the Aerosonde-G for their Mid-Endurance UAS II program. The catapult-launched air vehicle has a takeoff weight 34.1 or 36 kg (75 or 79 lb) depending on engine type, with endurance of over 10 hours and an electro-optic/infrared and laser-pointer payload. [4]
The ALQ-218 is mainly featured aboard the U.S. Navy's Boeing EA-18G Growler aircraft, [3] [4] which has replaced the EA-6B Prowler in the U.S. Navy. [5] The ALQ-218 was previously on the Grumman EA-6B Prowler, which the Improved Capability III ALQ-218 was modified and integrated into the EA-18G's Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) system. [6]