Royal Australian Navy Awards ScanEagle UAV Sustainment Contract

By Caroline Rees / 09 Dec 2021

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Insitu Pacific ScanEagle

Insitu Pacific has been awarded a three-year contract extension by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for the sustainment of its ScanEagle maritime Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). 

The contract extension enables the RAN to continue to experiment and develop knowledge using the ScanEagle, 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 Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (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. 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.

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

“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. 

Posted by Caroline Rees Caroline co-founded Unmanned Systems Technology and has been at the forefront of the business ever since. With a Masters Degree in marketing Caroline has her finger on the pulse of all things unmanned and is committed to showcasing the very latest in unmanned technical innovation. Connect & Contact

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