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Thursday, December 04, 2014

Navy Gets First Upgraded Fire Scout Unmanned Copter

MQ-8C Fire ScoutNorthrop Grumman Corp.‘s division in Rancho Bernardo has delivered the first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout, an upgraded unmanned helicopter for use off Navy ships.

The MQ-8C is an upgraded version of the existing MQ-8B Fire Scout using a larger airframe. It can fly nearly twice as long and carry three times more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance payloads.

The earlier version of the craft was deployed for the first time last month about the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth, which is based in San Diego.

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