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Navy Tests MQ-8C With AN/ZPY-8 Radar

Wednesday, May 13th, 2020

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The Navy recently started flight tests of the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter with the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 radar. Flight testing began Feb. 27 but builder Northrop Grumman [NOC] disclosed the testing on May 8. The AN/ZPY-8 is a version of Leonardo’s Osprey X-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. “The AN/ZPY-8 radar significantly increases Fire Scout’s detection and tracking of targets. The ability to simultaneously employ multiple modes supports U.S. Navy intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements,” Melissa Packwood, Northrop Grumman…

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