Progress for ScanEagle and Camcopter

A ScanEagle is launched from the flight deck of HMAS ‘Newcastle’ in the Middle East in support of Operation Manitou. ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez/Commonwealth of Australia THE ROYAL Australian Navy (RAN) has completed operational evaluation of the Boeing Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and plans to begin trials of the Schiebel S-100 Camcopter. The Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate HMAS Newcastle conducted the RAN’s first simultaneous operations of manned and unmanned aircraft during its current deployment to the Middle East on Operation