Insitu Awarded ScanEagle UAS Sustainment Contract

The contract extension enables the Royal Australian Navy to continue experimenting and developing knowledge using the ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) By DA Staff / 10 Dec 2021

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Insitu Pacific has been awarded a three-year contract extension by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for the sustainment of its ScanEagle Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS).

The contract extension enables the RAN to continue to experiment and develop knowledge using the ScanEagle Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System (MUAS), leveraging the foundation capability developed during embarked operations on HMAS Newcastle in the Gulf of Oman in 2017.

“Insitu Pacific is proud to continue to support RAN in their ongoing RPAS experimentation and testing work over the next three years,” said Andrew Duggan, managing director of Insitu Pacific. 

“This contract extension provides us with an opportunity to deepen our existing sovereign capability and supply chains in Australia, and partner with RAN to offer up new capabilities for testing in the coming years.”

ScanEagle has been in service with the RAN for experimentation and testing since 2014.

The RAN operates several ScanEagle systems at 822X Squadron in Nowra, and the contract extension enables continuation of marine UAS training, tactics development and payload evaluation activities.

Insitu Pacific has supported and developed local capability for the RAN over the last seven years, including multiple training programs and the provision of deeper maintenance and support out of its Brisbane headquarters.

The comprehensive pilot and maintenance training courses delivered for defense personnel continue to be key success factors in delivering effective RPAS support. The most recent of these courses trialed virtual training, with RAN operators at Nowra being instructed by Insitu Pacific Instructors in Brisbane.

“Accelerated due to COVID-19 border closures, the successful rollout of our virtual training program provides a valuable demonstration of how RPAS training could be readily delivered to personnel deployed at dispersed bases around Australia,” Duggan added. 

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