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Navy/USMC

Insitu’s Integrator Takes Flight

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

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LAS VEGAS--The Insitu-built Integrator developed under the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) program has taken its first flight and is ready to enter the next phase of development, the top executive of the Boeing [BA] subsidiary for the program said yesterday. The one-hour flight test of the Integrator, designated the RQ-21A, in July paves the way for Insitu along with the Navy and Marines to begin the developmental test and operational test program (DTOT) at…

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