Northrop Grumman to Build Five More MQ-8C Fire Scouts for the U.S. Navy
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Final assembly of the aircraft will take place at the company's Unmanned Systems Center in
"Land-based flight tests of the system are progressing well and we're working with the
The MQ-8C can remain on station for more than eight hours and supporting long-duration missions, thus requiring less aircraft to sustain operations.
A total of 19 aircraft are under contract with the
Fire Scout uses on-board sensors to capture full-motion video, identify targets and distribute information in real time to various users. This allows ship-based commanders to maintain awareness of a specified area or keep an eye on a target of interest for long periods of time.
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