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Insitu, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, announced today that its ScanEagle recently surpassed 200,000 operational flight hours, marking a significant milestone in the long-endurance, tactical unmanned aircraft system (UAS) industry. Since 2004, well-established processes and practices have enabled the ScanEagle to provide consistent and reliable intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) for its global defense customers.

“Over the past five years, the ScanEagle has set a high standard and has proven itself in a variety of missions on land and at sea,” said Insitu CEO and President Steve Sliwa. “This experience in theater has afforded us the opportunity to establish finely tuned production, distribution and field support processes to serve our customer’s unique needs. These very same attributes now enable our entire family of UASs including Integrator, our next generation multi-mission aircraft.”

The ScanEagle is in operation 24 hours a day in 16 geographical locations. The UAS was in the spotlight last April when it provided critical ISR imagery that contributed to the rescue of Richard Phillips, Captain of the U.S. freighter Maersk Alabama, from pirate captivity off the coast of Somalia. ScanEagle’s modular design only requires a small footprint both on land and at sea that keeps UAS set-up time to a minimum, thus increasing the efficiency of ScanEagle’s flight operations. Insitu also provides the services of its Sustainment Operations team, who are instrumental in ensuring that the ScanEagle is consistently mission-ready.

“What distinguishes Insitu is the full range of services we provide in the field. The round-the-clock efforts of our Sustainment Operations team working in collaboration with Boeing’s Global Services and Support Division, consistently demonstrates our commitment to supporting the customer wherever their mission takes them,” said Insitu Vice President and General Manager of Sustainment Operations Mary Margaret Evans.

About Insitu
Insitu, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company located in Bingen, Wash., designs, develops and manufactures unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and associated services for commercial and military applications. With a small footprint and expeditionary focus for both land and sea operations, the company’s family of UAS solutions is serving the needs of the global defense community achieving more than 200,000 operational flight hours and 1,500 shipboard sorties. Visit http://www.insitu.com for more information.

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Jill Vacek
Insitu
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Ellen LeMond
Boeing Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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