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Fire Scout Conducts Its First Drug Interdiction In Eastern Pacific

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During a post-maintenance check flight earlier this month, a Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Take-off and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) supported its first drug interdiction with the USS McInerney (FFG-8) and a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), the Navy reported recently. McInerney launched one of its two embarked Fire Scouts to test different functions and settings when it acquired a suspected narcotics "go-fast" using the aircraft's Forward Looking Infrared Systems BRITE Star II EO/IR sensor. The…

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