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First Operational Fire Scout Delivered To Navy

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014

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First Operational Fire Scout Delivered To Navy

The Fire Scout MQ-8C. Photo by Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered the first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the Navy and the first ship-based flight tests are scheduled to begin this winter, the contractor said Wednesday. The MQ-8C is an upgraded version of the smaller MQ-8B Fire Scout already deployed with the Navy for conducting intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance (ISR) missions. The larger version triples the payload and doubles the flight time. The first flight test on a ship will take place on the…

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