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Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s autonomous, runway-independent helicopter system, has successfully completed operations under the Expeditionary Advance Base Operations (EABO) concept.

SAN DIEGO – Aug. 17, 2022 – Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s autonomous, runway-independent helicopter system, successfully completed operations under the Expeditionary Advance Base Operations (EABO) concept,...

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Fire Scout, the US Navy’s autonomous, runway-independent helicopter system, has completed operations under the expeditionary advance base operations (EABO) concept.

Given the challenges that have been associated with the LCS’s anti-submarine warfare modules, the Fire Scout drone is filling a critical gap.

These autonomous drones could transmit threat data back to surface ships in time for them to deploy life-saving countermeasures.

The rapid expansion of Fire Scout mission concepts aligns with current U.S. Navy and industry efforts to ease the “integration” of the LCS onto different platforms

The US Navy has deployed its MQ-8C Fire Scout uncrewed aerial system (UAS) to the Indo-Pacific Area of Responsibility (AOR), aboard USS Jackson (LCS-6).

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s autonomous, runway-independent helicopter system, has made its second operational deployment.

Autonomous capability will provide wide area distributed maritime operations in the Pacific through its onboard sensors and integration with manned assets.

--Next generation ship-based autonomous helicopter provides expanded capabilities