The MQ-8C Fire Scout has been tested for a variety of purposes, such as mine countermeasures (MCM), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and communications relay. The U.S. Navy is moving to expand its ...

The Fire Scout vertical unmanned aircraft system has completed a successful demonstration of its ability to synchronize with the Army’s One System Remote Video Terminal. The Fire Scout ...

Just weeks after findings in a June report by the Pentagon's Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) cited the MQ-8B Fire Scout robotic helicopter’s data links as fragile and ...

Although the MQ-8B Fire Scout robotic helicopter has only successfully completed half its assigned surveillance missions, the Defense Department has decided to double its purchases of the drones — 57 ...

Sailors assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 operate an MQ-8C Fire Scout during Service Level Training Exercise 5-23, at Camp Wilson, Twentynine Palms, California, July 31. (Lance Cpl.

A U.S. unmanned helicopter crashed June 21 while undertaking a reconnaissance mission as part of NATO’s continuing air campaign against Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi, reports Defense News. The ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and the U.S. Navy successfully flew the unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout simultaneously with the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter for the first time. The capability ...