MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – Insitu, a maker of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the Navy and Marine Corps, will use its ScanEagle plane to re-compete for a reconnaissance and surveillance services contract early next year, a company official said this week at the Modern Day Marine symposium. Insitu, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing [BA], has been providing the service with the swept wing ScanEagle. Scan Eagle is a catapult-launched system with a wingspan of 10.2 feet that…
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