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Friday, February 10, 2012

Mideast, European Allies Eye Fire Scout Drone

Fire ScoutThe Navy's venerable Fire Scout unmanned drone could go global if service leaders can lock in agreements with a number of key European and Mideast allies.

Navy leaders are considering foreign military sales of the Northrop Grumman-built Fire Scout to Kuwait, Pakistan and the Netherlands, according to a presentation by Marine Corps Col. James Rector, head of the small tactical unmanned aerial systems division at Naval Air Systems Command.

Aside from the U.S. Navy, the Fire Scout is being flown by naval forces in Colombia, Tunisia, Poland and Iraq, according to PowerPoint slides from Rector's speech at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International's annual program review in Washington yesterday.

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