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ScanEagle Drone
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.
