Procurement of Lebanon's Insitu ScanEagle UAVs is underway

We previously reported that Lebanon plans to acquire 4x Insitu ScanEagle UAVs. New details about the deal surfaced earlier in May through a FBO solicitation.
The details of the solicitation reveal that the actual UAVs have been acquired as a Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) product but require upgrade and modification. The whole system would eventually consist of:

1. ScanEagle UAS - analog Electro Optic (EO 900) and Medium Wave Infra-Red (MWIR 3.0)
2. Launch and recovery (LRE) equipment
3. Ground control stations
4. Video Exploitation Systems (IVES)

The contract as an estimated total value of  $9.8M and will be funded with Section 2282 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) fund.

Hope to see the system flying soon in the skies of Lebanon.

Source

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, MD intends to negotiate and award a sole source, Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Delivery Order under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N00019-12-G-0008 with Insitu Inc., 118 E. Columbia River Way, Bingen WA, for ScanEagle (SE) Air Vehicles (AV) hardware upgrades and modifications to previously procured ScanEagle Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) for FMS Lebanon (FMS Case# - TBD), as well as spares, site activation/survey, training, program management, Field Service Representatives (FSR'S), and associated data. The SE AV's shall conisist of analog Electro Optic (EO 900) and Medium Wave Infra-Red (MWIR 3.0) Scan Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The UAS hardware shall consist of the air vehicles, their components, launch and recovery (LRE) equipment, ground control stations and Video Exploitation Systems (IVES) required for operation of the system as designed.
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https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=13fd7c24e0fcbbd150ca6a950bef48f0&tab=core&_cview=0

This article first appeared on LAF Digest (Unofficial)