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Navy Receives Newest Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter

Gally Articola

Wednesday, July 31st, 2013

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The Navy has taken delivery of its first of its new version of the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter, which features a larger airframe for greater range and on-station loitering to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, manufacturer Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on July 26. The MQ-8C Fire Scout was turned over to the Navy earlier in July to begin testing before becoming operational in 2014, Northrop Grumman said. The MQ-8C is the follow on to the MQ-8B Fire Scout, which was…

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