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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Fire Scout ends Afghan mission; future includes new variant, LCS work

MQ-8B Fire ScoutThe Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter wrapped up its Afghanistan mission earlier this month after more than 5,000 flight hours, the program’s top officer said Tuesday at an unmanned-vehicle symposium.

The three MQ-8Bs have been “packed up and shipped out of [Regional Command-North] on their way home,” said Fire Scout program manager Capt. Patrick Smith, in remarks during the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s Unmanned Systems 2013 conference.

It was the first land-based deployment for the aircraft in U.S. Central Command, and it spanned 28 months.

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