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Scan Eagle Vs Blackjack
ScanEagle 3 UAS design and features. The design of ScanEagle 3 is a combination of ScanEagle UAS and RQ-21A Blackjack small tactical unmanned air system (STUAS). The ScanEagle 3’s fuselage section is similar to that of ScanEagle, while its twin tail configuration resembles RQ-21A. The RQ-21A Blackjack is a twin-engine unmanned aircraft used to support maritime and land operations. The vehicle, a larger follow-up to the Scan Eagle, is fitted to perform reconnaissance.
Scaneagle Vs Blackjack
ARLINGTON,Va. — The Navy has awarded a contract for Blackjack and ScanEagle unmannedaerial vehicles for the Navy and Marine Corps and several foreign nations.
Insitu Inc.of Bingen, Washington, was awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command a $390.1million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract forup to 63 RQ-21A [Blackjack] attrition air vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corpsand U.S. Navy,” a June 28 Defense Department announcement said. “In addition,this contract provides for up to six RQ-21A unmanned aircraft systems and up to17 RQ-21A air vehicles for foreign military sales customers, including thegovernments of Canada, Poland and Oman.”
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Insitu also willalso provide up to 93 ScanEagle UASs in various configurations, theannouncement said. “In addition, this contract provides for associatedservices, including training, test and engineering, development of engineeringchange proposals, operations support, organizational level maintenance, fieldservice representatives, land and ship surveys, hardware site activations,hardware installs, repairs, and data.”
The RQ-21ABlackjack has seen service as a surveillance platform with the Marine Corps inAfghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya. Contractor-owned and operated ScanEagleshave operated in support of U.S. and partner nations in Iraq and Afghanistan.The ScanEagle also has be operated by U.S. Special Operations command and byseveral foreign nations.
The ordersare expected to be completed by June 2022.