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MQ-8C Fire Scout Makes First At-Sea Flight in Testing on USS Jason Dunham

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014

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MQ-8C Fire Scout Makes First At-Sea Flight in Testing on USS Jason Dunham

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

The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman [NOC] successfully flew the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter off the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109), marking the unmanned system’s first at-sea flight after more than a year of land-based testing. The at-sea testing began Dec. 16 off the coast of Virginia, Northrop Grumman said in a Dec. 23 statement. The Fire Scout made 22 takeoffs and 22 precision landings while being controlled from the ship’s ground control station. Northrop Grumman announced Dec.…

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