The Brazilian Navy is acquiring a Boeing Insitu ScanEagle long-endurance unmanned aerial system (UAS) through the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme, with a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) signed with the US government on 11 December, the navy’s told Jane’s on 20 December.
The system is scheduled to be delivered in 2020, the navy added.
The package for Brazil comprises six unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), one pneumatic rail launcher, one recovery system, two mobile ground-control stations, one flight-training system, and one image-debriefing system. Several training services and five years of contractor logistics support are also included in the deal.
Source: Jane’s 360