ScanEagle Launched Aboard USS Cleveland -- In April 2005, Boeing received a contract from the U.S. Navy for unmanned aerial vehicles to support Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terror. Boeing is providing ScanEagle UAVs for Naval Expeditionary Strike Group missions and also to support oil platform security in the Persian Gulf. Photo Credit: Boeing PhotoFrom Information Dissemination:
Check this out. A very interesting evolution of the UCAS concept for naval operations.
U.S. Navy plans to fly the Reaper unmanned aircraft system from forward locations mark a "huge change" in the way the vehicle is used, a top service official said Feb. 5 at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems Program Review 2009.
Rear Adm. Mark W. Kenny says flying the Reaper closer to forward ships and sailors--and even controlling its weapons and payloads from sea--will ease up on bandwidth restrictions and will get critical data to his warfighters sooner.
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My Comment: An excellent post on the evolution of unmanned vehicles for the Navy. A must read for all you Navy junkies.