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, which was 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]