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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Fire Scout Drone’s First At-Sea Takeoff


In video released today (above), the MQ-8C helicopter takes off from the destroyer Jason Dunham with its eyes closed — or rather with its cockpit windows painted over, because there’s nobody inside.

Though derived from the widespread Bell 407, the Northrop Grumman MQ-8C is a drone.

This month’s tests are the first time the unmanned helicopter has taken off from a Navy ship at sea, and the first time any unmanned helicopter of any kind has taken off from a destroyer.

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