Northrop Grumman Delivers First Operational MQ-8C Fire Scout to the US Navy
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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 test program will run through the summer as we expect these aircraft to be ready for operations by year's end," said
The MQ-8C's first ship-board flight tests aboard the USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) will be conducted this winter. The
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