Oregon Iron Works Sea Scout

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>.