{"id":36670,"date":"2018-03-14T17:43:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T17:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/14\/philippines-receives-scaneagle-2-drones\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:52:53","slug":"philippines-receives-scaneagle-2-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2018\/03\/14\/philippines-receives-scaneagle-2-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippines receives ScanEagle drones for maritime security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MELBOURNE, Australia \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/uas\/2017\/08\/21\/philippines-orders-scaneagle-drones\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Philippines has received<\/a> an Insitu ScanEagle 2 unmanned aerial system from the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a ceremony Tuesday at Villamor Air Base, Pasay City, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim and officials from the Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group formally handed over the UAS to Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana, according to a statement from the U.S. Embassy in Manila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement added that the $13.2 million system, acquired for the Philippines through the Foreign Military Financing grant program, will increase the Philippine military\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/uas\/2017\/10\/04\/insitu-wins-navy-uas-support-contract\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">maritime domain awareness<\/a>, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and counterterrorism capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/uas\/2017\/07\/27\/afghanistan-orders-more-scaneagles\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">ScanEagle 2<\/a> will be operated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines\u2019 300th Air Intelligence and Security Wing out of Antonio Bautista Air Base at Palawan Island. Palawan is the closest Philippine island to the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, which are wholly or partly claimed by the Philippines, China and four other countries in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a speech at the ceremony, Kim said the ScanEagle 2 will contribute to the safety and security of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the claims over the Spratly Islands, the Philippine military is also grappling with separatist insurgencies on its southern islands, including against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2017\/10\/23\/the-lead-up-to-isis-campaign-in-the-philippines\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">militants linked to the Islamic State group<\/a>. The country is also regularly beset by natural disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/isr\/2018\/01\/19\/coast-guard-to-launch-small-drone-competition\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/scaneagle-coast-guard-stratton.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Coast Guard to launch small drone competition<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Coast Guard wants small unmanned aerial system to provide ISR to its national security cutters for missions like drug interdiction.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Insitu ScanEagle 2 is an improved version of the ScanEagle UAS. 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