The Oregon Iron Works Sea Scout is an unmanned seaplane developed by Oregon Iron Works in Clackamas, Oregon and Geneva Aerospace of Carrollton, Texas for the United States Navy.[1] The Sea Scout was developed from the Geneva Aerospace Dakota UAV as part of a $497,000 Vought Aircraft Industries study in 2005 funded by DARPA to convert the Dakota UAV for water-borne operations.[2]

The Sea Scout's first flight was on May 30, 2006 and is the first auto-landing of a seaplane in the United States.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Clackamas company reaches milestone in unmanned aircraft project - Portland Business Journal." Portland Business Journal. N.p., 30 May 2006. Web. 2 July 2010.<http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/05/29/daily3.html?surround=lfn>.
  2. ↑ "Vought, Geneva Aerospace team up on project - Portland Business Journal." Portland Business Journal. N.p., 13 May 2005. Web. 2 July 2010.<http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/othercities/dallas/stories/2005/04/11/daily23.html>.
  3. ↑ "Oregon Iron Works, Inc. Successfully Completes First Auto-Landing Test of Unmanned Seaplane." TMCNews. N.p., 30 May 2006. Web. 2 July 2010.<http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/05/30/1662493.htm>.
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