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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

U.S. Guided-Missile Frigate Makes First Full Deployment with Own UAV Capability

[MQ-8B Fire Scout]The guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) has the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), MQ-8B Fire Scout embarked for solo missions, a U.S. Navy first during a full deployment, Mar. 7.

The Fire Scout is the Navy’s only unmanned aircraft to operate on land and at sea. The Fire Scout is a vertical take-off and landing UAV capable of carrying out surveillance, tracking and targeting missions.

Lt. Cmdr. Darren Capo is the officer-in-charge of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Six Zero (HSL-60), the “Jaguars”, the detachment embarked on Simpson that maintains and flies the Fire Scout.

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