
The Navy announced it intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) early next year for the design, development and production of the Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) Block II system. The COBRA program is used to conduct unmanned aerial tactical reconnaissance in littoral spaces from the Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aircraft to detect and localize mines and minefields in the surf and beach zones near the water surface. It will be used for the Mine…