Fire Scout Drone’s First At-Sea Takeoff

Fire Scout Drone’s First At-Sea Takeoff
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…