Quatro Composites supports Insitu in developing unmanned aircraft systems

Insitu's ScanEagle and be launched, and recovered, on small ships.
Insitu's ScanEagle and be launched, and recovered, on small ships.
Integrator is the newest member of Insitu's UAS range.
Integrator is the newest member of Insitu's UAS range.

Insitu Inc is based in Bingen, Washington, USA. A subsidiary of Boeing, Insitu develops and manufactures unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and associated services for commercial and military applications. Insitu manufactures the ScanEagle, Integrator, and NightEagle UAS.

Quatro Composites, based in Orange City, Iowa, USA, designs and manufactures advanced composite structures for the aerospace, military and medical markets. It has a Technical Development Center in Poway, California.

"The Technical Development Center, located in Poway, CA, is providing valuable input to Insitu's engineering team, working with them to design their parts for composite fabrication on the next generation UAS due to release in second quarter of 2009," says Karash Turpin, Vice President of Quatro's Engineering Operations. "Insitu was able to take advantage of our specially designed and fabricated assembly and alignment tools, as well as our extensive experience and proprietary out-of-autoclave manufacturing processes."