Marine Corps Shops For New VTOL UAS In ScanEagle Class

The Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) appears to have taken delivery of its first Boeing Insitu ScanEagle 2 remotely piloted air vehicle after an example was shown at an event to commemorate 65 years of Indonesian naval aviation. Credit: USN
The U.S. Marine Corps has started searching for a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) under 55 lb. that can hunt for targets on missions up to 6 hr. long. The Long Range Tactical (LRT) UAS targets the same size of UAS as the Marines’ existing Close Range UAS, which is...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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