Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle UAV Launched From Ship; Completes Historic Autonomous Flight

Posted on: May. 11th, 2004 || Source: boeing.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

SEATTLE, May 11, 2004 – ScanEagle, a long-endurance fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed and built by Boeing and The Insitu Group, completed an historic autonomous flight following its launch from a ship.



The 40-pound UAV took off autonomously – without operator control – via a pneumatic wedge catapult launcher mounted aboard Shackleton, a 58-foot fishing boat. ScanEagle then flew pre-programmed and also operator-directed waypoints over Puget Sound, Wash., waters doing area surveillance with its standard electro-optical camera.

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