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MQ-8C Testing Link 16

Monday, April 9th, 2018

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MQ-8C Testing Link 16

The MQ-8C Fire Scout completes a test flight at the Point Mugu Sea Range, Naval Base Ventura County. (Photo by Northrop Grumman)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- The U.S. Navy said Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] MQ-8C unmanned helicopter is proceeding apace and the service is focusing on getting the aircraft into the field and fully established but is also considering adapting its weapons to fit on to the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).Capt. Jeffrey Dodge (PMA-266), Fire Scout program manager, said the Navy is doing a demonstration of putting Link 16 on the MQ-8C to enable net-enabled weapons.Link 16 is an encrypted nodeless tactical digital…

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