May 23, 2013

Insitu Ready for Production of RQ-21A UAS

By Woodrow Bellamy III

Insitu is ready to enter the Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) stage with its RQ-21A unmanned aircraft system (UAS), after reaching Milestone C under its Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) contract with the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).      (RQ-21A in flight. Photo: Insitu.)   NAVAIR issued the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) STUAS contract to the Boeing subsidiary in 2010, to...

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