Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Philippine Navy ScanEagle UAV
On November 25, during the turnover, acceptance and blessing ceremony, at Heracleo Alano Naval Base in Cavite, Phil Navy vice admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo received the ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) from the US through acting deputy chief of Mission Kimberly Kelly and Representatives from the US Embassy in the Philippines’ Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group (JUSMAG).
According to the U.S. embassy, the newly turned-over system which costs 710 Million pesos, will provide and increase intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to the 71st Maritime Unmanned Aerial Reconnaissance Squadron (71 MUARS) of the Philippine Fleet’s Naval Air Wing.
Sources & Attributions
1. U.S. Embassy in the Philippines. (2020, November 25). U.S. Embassy Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Kimberly Kelly turns over a ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial System to the Flag Officer in Command, Philippine Navy, Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo, at Naval Base Heracleo Alano [Photograph]. Ph.Usembassy.Gov. bit.ly/3l6DH9v
2. Philippine Navy. (2020, November 25). [ScanEagle UAS]. Twitter. bit.ly/2KHXgsc
3. Philippine Navy. (2020, November 25). [ScanEagle UAS]. Twitter. bit.ly/3l10vaE
4. Insitu. (n.d.). Insitu [Illustration]. Insitu.Com. bit.ly/2V0hdfG
5. Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Patrick W. Mullen III, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. bit.ly/2KzkJeY
6. U.S. Navy photo /Released, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. bit.ly/2Jb4swi
Philippine Navy ScanEagle UAV
On November 25, during the turnover, acceptance and blessing ceremony, at Heracleo Alano Naval Base in Cavite, Phil Navy vice admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo received the ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) from the US through acting deputy chief of Mission Kimberly Kelly and Representatives from the US Embassy in the Philippines’ Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group (JUSMAG).
According to the U.S. embassy, the newly turned-over system which costs 710 Million pesos, will provide and increase intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to the 71st Maritime Unmanned Aerial Reconnaissance Squadron (71 MUARS) of the Philippine Fleet’s Naval Air Wing.
Sources & Attributions
1. U.S. Embassy in the Philippines. (2020, November 25). U.S. Embassy Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Kimberly Kelly turns over a ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial System to the Flag Officer in Command, Philippine Navy, Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo, at Naval Base Heracleo Alano [Photograph]. Ph.Usembassy.Gov. bit.ly/3l6DH9v
2. Philippine Navy. (2020, November 25). [ScanEagle UAS]. Twitter. bit.ly/2KHXgsc
3. Philippine Navy. (2020, November 25). [ScanEagle UAS]. Twitter. bit.ly/3l10vaE
4. Insitu. (n.d.). Insitu [Illustration]. Insitu.Com. bit.ly/2V0hdfG
5. Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Patrick W. Mullen III, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. bit.ly/2KzkJeY
6. U.S. Navy photo /Released, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. bit.ly/2Jb4swi
