Insitu receives $8.6 million Canadian CU-172 support contract
Canada's Department of National Defence awarded Insitu an $8.6 million firm-fixed-price services contract supporting the Canadian Armed Forces' CU-172 long-endurance UAS fleet.
Evidence notes
- The CU-172 is Canada's designation for the RQ-21A Blackjack, the programme lineage represented by Insitu's current Integrator platform.
- The base award covers programme management and airworthiness services, with additional budget available for spares, repairs and authorised follow-on work.
- Potential follow-on activity includes resilience features and updated capabilities from the current Integrator configuration.
Company context
Insitu develops and operates unmanned aircraft systems including ScanEagle for defense, government and commercial missions. Doodle Labs documents a customized front-end subsystem that allowed ScanEagle radios to operate at additional frequencies.