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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Boeing Reveals Sub-Tracking ScanEagle Study

Boeing, Insitu and the U.S. Navy are studying a variant of the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that could be air-dropped from a P-8A or other aircraft to detect and stealthily track submarines over many hours.

The magnetometer-equipped UAV, dubbed “MagEagle Compressed,” would “go out and find a submarine and follow it for 24 hours,” says John Hearing, senior manager for Boeing Tactical Unmanned Systems.

The initiative is a direct outgrowth of ScanEagle Compressed Carriage (SECC), a project aimed at developing a version of the 10-foot wing span UAV that could be “inserted” via air drop or even from a submarine.

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