Combat-proven. Cost-effective.

When we first launched ScanEagle, we weren’t just launching an aircraft — we were launching a new category of ISR. The concept behind the platform: Create a system that launches from anywhere, stays on station longer and delivers the highest quality data possible to tactical decision-makers. Since 2004 ScanEagle has provided 24/7/365 operations with worldwide customers. We deliver the highest-value ISR capabilities available for both land and maritime missions.

An agile system

ScanEagle launches autonomously and uses a patented no-nets recovery solution for recovery. The system recovers with its wing tip on a rope that hangs from a boom. The system design is modular. The result is a reliable, in-the-field adaptable system. Operations and maintenance are simplified, and field upgrade kits rapidly deliver new capabilities to existing operations. Operators command pre-programmed or operator-initiated missions, while a global positioning system and onboard flight computer guide the aircraft. Mission capabilities are increased with flexible hub-and-spoke system configurations. That means tactical, agile ISR delivery wherever you go, whenever you need it.

First in the air. Last on the ground.

ScanEagle can remain covert and on station for more than 24 hours. ScanEagle typically flies in extreme environments, carrying an electro-optic or infrared imager in a gyro-stabilized turret. It can be re-configured quickly in the field with a variety of options, from a midwave infrared imager to custom communications relay payloads. The avionics bay as well as optional configurations such as the blind nose and additional mid-bay allow for a variety of custom configurations.

Innovation that never stops

Since the beginning, Insitu has introduced scores of game-changing technologies that have dramatically improved imagery and exploitation, operational security, training, airspace safety, reliability, maintainability and availability.

We are a young company with one of the longest track records in a nascent industry, fully backed by The Boeing Company’s 95+ years of world-renowned innovation, delivery, performance and value.

Performance

• Endurance: 24+ hours
• Ceiling: 19,500 ft / 5,944 m
• Max horizontal speed: 80 knots / 41 m/s
• Cruise speed: 48 knots / 25 m/s

System features

• Propulsion: 1.9 hp (1.4 kw), 2-stroke engine
• Fuel: Gasoline (100-octane, unleaded, non-oxygenated gas) or heavy fuel (JP5, JP8, Jet-A)
• Navigation: GPS / inertial
• Launch: Pneumatic catapult
• Recovery: SkyHook wing tip capture

Dimensions

• Wingspan: 10.2 ft / 3.11 m
• Length: 4.5 ft / 1.37 m

Weights

• Empty structure weight: 28.8 lb / 13.1 kg
• Max takeoff weight: 44.0 lb / 20.0 kg

Upgrades

• AIS for maritime domain awareness
• Heavy fuel engine with 28 hours endurance
• Hush engine for reduced acoustic signature
• Mid-wave IR sensor for Increased nighttime resolution
• Mode C transponder for aircraft deconfliction
• ROVER support

Variants

• NightEagle™
• ScanEagle Dual Bay

Downloads

ScanEagle Product Card