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[siriuslyricher]

Nilremerlin, thanks for your research on this. Here is another article (see below for relevant posts in this thread):

UAV competitors await US Navy decision on ScanEagle
14 January 2008

Industry rivals are waiting to hear if they have ousted the Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from its role as provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support for US Navy ships at sea.

A decision on the interim Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) contract, which will provide ISR imagery services to warships and to the US Marine Corps into the next decade, is expected in late January or early February 2008.

Other competitors are thought to include AAI Corporation's Mk 4 Aerosonde, Aurora Flight Sciences' vertical take-off and landing GoldenEye 80, BAE Systems' Skylynx II, MTC Technologies' Spyhawk T-16 and Swift Engineering's KillerBee.

A request for proposals (RfP) for the Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (STUAS) Tier II programme of record is also imminent.

Captain Paul Morgan, programme manager at the US Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Air Systems Office (PMA 263), told Jane's that the interim contract will provide over-the-horizon ISR services across the United States fleet until STUAS Tier II capability reaches its initial operating capability in 2010-11.

ScanEagles currently provide ISR imagery to the US Navy after officials placed a non-competitive order with manufacturers Boeing and Insitu, as an urgent operational requirement, in 2004.

The navy subsequently decided to open the follow-on contract to competition. "We felt it prudent to compete to allow other companies to come to the table," said Capt Morgan.

He added: "The contract will provide for the equipment on board the ship, which will be operated by contractor personnel. We expect to start with a smaller selection of ships and then expand the service across the fleet."

Boeing and Insitu are bidding to continue to provide UAS imagery services, but if a new contractor is chosen, ScanEagle will gradually be taken out of service as the new provider takes over the role.

Image: The catapult-launched ScanEagle UAV was selected in 2004 to provide image services to the US Navy. (US Navy)

http://www.janes.com/news/defence/air/jni/jni080114_1_n.shtml

Posted by: siriuslyricher
In reply to: nilremerlin who wrote msg# 36717 Date:2/1/2008 8:39:25 AM
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Thanks, Nils. I wonder if we would have a partner in this, should it occur, and how it all ties into that invitation from the U.S. Navy.

"Industry rivals are waiting to hear if they have ousted the Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from its role as provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support for US Navy ships at sea."

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Posted by: nilremerlin
In reply to: None Date:2/1/2008 4:15:51 AM
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. . . Mr. Allan wrote that I'm on to something, though I don't know what it is for sure. I do have 2 ideas about what it may be, among the many things I've posted, and I'll speculate on them more this weekend...right now, I gotta get some sleep. GLTA.

possibility 1 (more likely):
HotZone gets military certification as suggested by the CWID assessment.

possibility 2: (less likely) our airship replaces ScanEagle...read:

We would need 1 to get 2.

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both have huge ramifications, stock-price-wise.

nilremerlin