{"id":2735,"date":"2018-09-17T17:08:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T22:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=2735"},"modified":"2018-09-17T17:08:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T22:08:47","slug":"boeing-unit-launches-new-military-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=2735","title":{"rendered":"Boeing Unit Launches New Military Drone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"11\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sept 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Insitu Inc, a unit of Boeing Co, on Monday launched a military drone enabled with satellite communications and an extended range of operations aiming to land both U.S. and international customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"12\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Integrator Extended Range, which features high-quality full motion video during flight and more secure jam-resistant networks, would deliver &#8220;significantly reduced cost&#8221; compared with other contracted medium-altitude drones, the unit said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"13\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Don Williamson, Intsitu&#8217;s vice president for defense, said the drone is the first of its size to provide this level of intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance without the need for a paved runway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"14\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;All warfighting units and coalition partners can have access to what was once a limited resource, getting this much-needed capability in the hands of the warfighter at a fraction of the cost of any current system available today,&#8221; Insitu Chief Executive Officer Esina Alic said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"15\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">U.S. President Donald Trump has eased rules for exporting some types of lethal U.S.-made drones to potentially dozens more allies and partners. (Reporting by Arunima Banerjee in Bengaluru and Mike Stone in Washington; Editing by Maju Samuel )<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"15\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Click the link below to watch the\u00a0Integrator Extended Range Youtube video!<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"15\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GXHc3LkjsFM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Integrator Extended Range Youtube video<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"15\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2736\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IER-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"721\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IER-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IER-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IER-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IER.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sept 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Insitu Inc, a unit of Boeing Co, on Monday launched a military drone enabled with satellite communications and an extended range of operations aiming to land both U.S. and international customers. 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