Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack

The Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack is an American unmanned air vehicle built by Boeing Insitu to meet a United States Navy requirement for a small tactical unmanned air system. A twin-boom, single-engine monoplane, it supplements the ScanEagle and uses the same launcher and recovery system, a pneumatic launcher and a vertical wire that catches the wing, so it needs no runway. It was selected in June 2010, first flew on 28 July 2012 and was renamed from Integrator to Blackjack in September 2013. A system is five air vehicles and two ground control stations; an air vehicle has a maximum takeoff weight of 61 kilograms, carries an 18 kilogram payload and can stay up about 16 hours. The Marine Corps first deployed it to Afghanistan in 2014, and Australia, Belgium, Canada and Poland have ordered it.