An MQ-8 Fire Scout, with mass shapes attached, conducted low airspeed flying qualities testing in February 2022 at Webster Field, Md. to prepare for upcoming the Single System Multi-Mission Airborne Mine Detection (SMAMD) demonstration. (Photo: U.S. Navy)
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The Navy is developing a new mine countermeasure system sensor suite to be used on the Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter, with a prototype test set for this spring, the Navy said on March 2.
The new capability is called the Single System…