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# ScanEagle Drone
- URL: https://techspec.cc/scaneagle-drone/
- Published: 2012-01-15T23:18:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-08T07:45:08.000Z
- Author: techspec
- Tags: military, blue, tan, beige & blue, airplane, weapon, army, mechanical, machine

The Boeing Insitu ScanEagle is a small, long-endurance reconnaissance UAV first flown in 2002 and in service with the U.S. Navy and allied forces since the mid-2000s. Just over 1.5 m long with a 3.1 m wingspan, it is launched from a pneumatic “SuperWedge” catapult and recovered in the field by its “Skyhook” system — snagging a wingtip hook on a suspended vertical rope — so it needs no runway. A propeller-driven pusher design, it can loiter for over 24 hours carrying stabilised electro-optical and infrared cameras for maritime and battlefield surveillance.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/14/ee/14eef3be-ca5a-434b-8324-fa1f874026f1/content/images/2023/07/Boeing-ScanEagle-launch.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/14/ee/14eef3be-ca5a-434b-8324-fa1f874026f1/content/images/2023/07/SCANEAGLE1_mot_440x330.webp)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/14/ee/14eef3be-ca5a-434b-8324-fa1f874026f1/content/images/2023/07/US_Navy_1005268-N-RC844-159_A_Scan_Eagle_Unmanned_Aerial_Vehicle_-UAV-.jpg)