Navy Backing Off 355 Ships, But Closer on Refueling Drone
There was some good news, and some bad news, for the Navy on Monday.
Fire Scout Drone’s First At-Sea Takeoff
Fire Scout makes it look easy to take off from a destroyer. It’s not. In video released today (above), the MQ-8C helicopter takes off from the destroyer Jason Dunham with its eyes closed — or rather with its cockpit windows painted over, because there’s nobody inside. Though derived from the widespread Bell 407, the Northrop […]
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Fire Scout Grows Up: Drone Getting Radar, Rockets, 2016 IOC
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: They get so big, so fast. Once a child-sized helicopter that could just collect reconnaissance imagery, the Navy’s MQ-8 Fire Scout has graduated to a bigger airframe that will also carry a maritime search radar and laser-guided rockets. The tentative plan is to kick off the competition for the new radar with […]