NightEagle™:
The dark side of ScanEagle®.
NightEagle™: The dark side of ScanEagle®.
118 East Columbia River Way
Bingen, Washington 98605, USA
Tel:+1.509.493.8600
Fax:+1.509.493.8601
We recognized very early on that the imaging power of mid-wave infrared camera (MWIR) was too great to not incorporate into our platforms. And, that ScanEagle® was a great choice for the job. With a swap of the payload, the venerable UAS is capable of see-in-the-dark-haze-smoke-fog with hush-engine covert power while sacrificing precious little endurance. When the other birds go blind, NightEagle stands watch.
NightEagle is a modified ScanEagle unmanned aircraft with a MWIR payload. Dynamic night imagery capabilities combine in NightEagle with the same advantages of ScanEagle — heavy fuel engine, hush engine for reduced acoustic signature, mode C transponder for aircraft deconfliction and ROVER support — to provide a low-cost solution with a small operational footprint that delivers high-quality imagery for ISR for the lowest-visibility situations. Stare through haze, fog and dust storms, and turn night into day with the NightEagle’s second-generation, cooled MWIR imager with continuous optical zoom for adaptable field of view.
Transforming a ScanEagle aircraft into a NightEagle aircraft takes approximately two to three hours in the field with the NightEagle Conversion Kit. One set of ground equipment — including Insitu’s pneumatic catapult launcher and unique SkyHook® recovery system — supports both ScanEagle and NightEagle operations. With adjustable power loading, our next-generation catapult launcher (in service since mid-2009) provides the smooth acceleration force needed to launch both aircraft with full fuel loads in high-altitude, low-density air.
Challenging weather conditions, unprepared terrain and shipboard operations are as easy with NightEagle as with ScanEagle, which has been fielded since 2004, demonstrating safety and reliability in combat operations on land and at sea.
* Endurance is based on next-generation launcher. Due to fuel offload, endurance decreases with legacy launcher.
Insitu's patented system means no runways needed. Launch and recover from virtually any unimproved location.
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