insitu inc. decision making superiority type wholly owned subsidiary of boeing integrated defense systems industry uav systems founded bingen washington 1994 headquarters bingen washington key people ryan m hartman president ceo products uav aircraft and control systems number of employees 1052 as of 07 2016 parent boeing defense systems website insitu.com insitu inc. is an american company headquartered in bingen washington 1 that builds unmanned aerial vehicles uav . on july 22 2008 it was announced that insitu would be acquired by long time partner boeing . contents 1 history 2 technical information 3 products 3.1 current products 3.2 former products 4 references 5 external links history edit insitu was founded in the early 1990s to develop the aerosonde concept for long range weather reconnaissance . the company name derives from the objective of measuring the atmosphere in situ as opposed to remotely by satellite . at the end of the 1990s the company moved on to the seascan concept for imaging reconnaissance from tuna seiners . with the onset of the iraq war in 2003 seascan turned into scaneagle and insitu became focused on military applications . on august 12 2013 insitu announced a new partnership with airware to enable interoperability between airware s autopilots and insitu s ground control software icomc2 . 2 technical information edit unlike most other uavs those produced by insitu do not require a runway because insitus are launched by a pneumatic catapult launcher and are recovered by flying the uavs into a vertically suspended cable which captures the aircraft by hooks located at the end of the wings . this recovery system is referred to as the skyhook . 3 this allows the aircraft to be launched and recovered from a truck small ship or other area where a traditional runway is unavailable or impractical . in 2016 insitu began testing the flying launch and recovery system flares which consists of a large octocopter for launch and recovery of a scaneagle aircraft . 4 the octocopter lifts the aircraft up to a launch altitude then drops it for launch . the flares octocopter then returns to the ground to have a cable system connected for recovery . the octocopter holds the top of the cable in position mid air while the lower end is tethered to the ground . this system enables launch and recovery operations clear of ground obstacles increasing operational flexibility in site selection . the aircraft can be configured to operate autonomously or operated using telepresence . aircraft recovery is performed autonomously with human oversight combined with automated safety parameter monitoring in the event a waveoff is necessary . products edit current products edit a scaneagle held by a us marine in iraq a scaneagle in its catapult launcher a scaneagle is recovered at sea aboard the destroyer uss oscar austin boeing scaneagle 5 in partnership with boeing insitu nighteagle 6 insitu integrator 7 on july 30 2010 it was reported that insitu won the stuas tier ii contract with its integrator product . 8 the contract was estimated to offer the potential for over 500 million in orders beginning in 2013 . 9 it was designated rq 21a 10 and can carry a camera an infrared camera and a radar at the same time . marines have eight aircraft as of 2012 and plans to acquire 100 by 2017 . 11 in september 2013 the rq 21 integrator was renamed rq 21 blackjack . former products edit aerosonde a weather tracking system spun off as aerosonde ltd seascan a system to track fish typically tuna to reduce the time required at sea and to prevent the catching of dolphins . seascan is the basis for scaneagle insight and georanger . insight insitu owned version of scaneagle references edit insitu inc. contact information . retrieved 2008 06 18 . h http venturebeat.com 2013 08 12 yc andreessen backed airware takes big step into commercial drone market https insitu.com images uploads pdfs skyhook universal productcard pr041615.pdf https insitu.com blog 2016 06 20 flying launch and recovery system a true game changer scaneagle unmanned aircraft system uas from boeing and insitu . retrieved 2008 06 18 . nighteagle . insitu integrator unmanned aircraft system uas . retrieved 2008 06 18 . cohen aubrey 2010 07 29 . boeing subsidiary insitu wins navy unmanned aircraft deal . seattle post intelligencer . insitu selected for stuas uav program potential future orders over 0.5 billion . defense update . warwick graham . u.s. navy marines buy insitu integrators . retrieved 31 october 2011 . rizzo jennifer . marines betting big on small new drone kmgh tv cnn 3 july 2012 . retrieved 9 july 2012 . external links edit insitu inc. retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title insitu & oldid 737979086 categories aerospace companies of the united statesdefense companies of the united statescompanies based in washington state navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article 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