ScanEagle UAV launched, recovered aboard ship

Jefferson Morris May 13, 2004
The Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) conducted its first fully autonomous launch and recovery from a ship on April 28, Boeing announced May 11. The 40-pound UAV took off autonomously from the Shackleton, a 58-foot fishing boat, via a pneumatic wedge catapult launcher mounted...

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