Bio Warfare Capability Added To ScanEagle UAV

The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency is tapping an industry team led by Boeing’s Phantom Works to modify the ScanEagle fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to detect biological warfare agents. The team will work under an $8 million contract with the agency, the U.S. Pacific Command and the U.S. Navy Third Fleet to design and develop a remote sensor system that can assess battle damage and collateral effects and locate, track, collect and detect simulated biological warfare agents in a designated target area. More