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The Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout is an unmanned autonomous helicopter developed by Northrop Grumman for use by the United States Armed Forces. [3] The Fire Scout is designed to provide reconnaissance, situational awareness, aerial fire support and precision targeting support for ground, air and sea forces.
The MQ-8C flight test regime is to last six months. [15] The MQ-8C Fire Scout first flew on 31 October 2013. It flew for 7 minutes in restricted airspace using autonomous controls at Naval Base Ventura County. It flew a second time hours later that day to an altitude of 500 ft. The MQ-8C was jointly operated by Northrop Grumman and the Navy. [16]
RQ-8/MQ-8 Fire Scout The Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout is an unmanned derivative of the Schweizer 330SP/333 helicopter, with a new fuselage, new fuel system, and UAV electronics and sensors. It also utilizes a new four-bladed rotor system based on that of the Schweizer 333.
It's had some successes, notably with Northrop Grumman's (NYSE: NOC) MQ-8 Fire Scout and TERN drone aircraft, and it hired Boeing (NYSE: BA) to build it dozens of MQ-25A Stingray drone refueling ...
MQ-4 30 MQ-8 Fire Scout: United States UAV helicopter: MQ-8A. MQ-8B 30 MQ-8C Fire Scout: United States UAV helicopter: MQ-8C 19 [11] Boeing MQ-25 Stingray: United States
Fire Scout Program Selects Telephonics' AN/ZPY-4(V)1 Radar FARMINGDALE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Telephonics Corporation (Telephonics), a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation (NYS: GFF ...
Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout; Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout; R. Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk; Northrop Grumman RQ-180; S. Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration;
The prototype S-434 first flew on 18 December 2008 at Horseheads, New York. The S-434 evolved from the S-333, and has many features developed for the MQ-8 Fire Scout.It shares its cockpit layout with the S-333, which gives the crew very good visual capacities and handling characteristics.