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ScanEagle

A compact selection from this profile, with sources and limits. Other configurations and additional measurements remain in the full profile.

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ScanEagle is an Insitu reconnaissance aircraft launched from a rail and recovered by a Skyhook, with a separate VTOL kit now offered. The table uses the current manufacturer configuration. Earlier US Navy aircraft have different published weights; the service-history entry does not identify the current airframe.^[1][2]

Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.

Schematic top view of the general configuration. Not to scale and not an exact depiction of the model.

The numbers, with their sources

Body length	1.71 m^[1]ScanEagle · current Insitu offering; mass is MTOW · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-08 Manufacturer claim
Wingspan	3.1 m^[1]ScanEagle · current Insitu offering; mass is MTOW · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-08 Manufacturer claim
Take-off mass	28 kg^[1]ScanEagle · current Insitu offering; mass is MTOW · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-08 Manufacturer claim
Payload	8 kg^[1]ScanEagle · current Insitu offering; mass is MTOW · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-08 Manufacturer claim
Endurance	18 h^[1]ScanEagle · current Insitu offering; mass is MTOW · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-08 Manufacturer claim
Published speed · knots	≤ 80 kt^[1]ScanEagle · current Insitu offering; mass is MTOW · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-08 Published upper limit

Form, sound & identification limits

The Navy describes many early deployments as contractor-operated ISR services. This does not make every aircraft Navy-owned. “contractor personnel”^[2]

Shape or sound alone cannot identify a drone. Follow local public-safety alerts; do not approach wreckage.

Source notebook

Insitu · ScanEagle specifications
Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 08 Nov 2026 · Manufacturer claim
US Navy · Close Range UAS: ScanEagle service history
Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 08 Nov 2026 · Official report; not an independent test
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DroneLedger. ScanEagle. 2026-11-08. https://droneincidents.com/drones/scaneagle/editions/2026-11-08/

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