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Navy And Marine Corps Exercise Manned And Unmanned Helicopter Teaming

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Navy And Marine Corps Exercise Manned And Unmanned Helicopter Teaming
An AH-1Z Viper (top) with Marine Operational and Test Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1), and an MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC-23), conduct Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance Training near El Centro, Calif. on March 10, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps by Lance Cpl. Jade Venegas)

The Navy and Marine Corps recently conducted a new manned-unmanned teaming exercise to demonstrate how a different combination of helicopters could be used in a potential littoral environment, the service said Tuesday. In the exercise Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) Bell Textron [TXT] UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper helicopters conducted attacks with a Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC-23) MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter operated from a ground control station to aid target decision and strike coordination.…

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