Northrop Grumman Testing MQ-8C Expeditionary Controls for Marine, Navy Missions
May 25, 2021 7:10 PM
Maintainers from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VX-1) analyze diagnostics from the MQ-8C Fire Scout on the flight deck of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) on June 21, 2018. US Navy photo
Northrop Grumman is testing a portable expeditionary control station that could help sailors and Marines operate the Navy’s unmanned helicopter from both at sea and ashore.
The contractor is currently testing its Mission Control Station Expeditionary (MCS-X) on the Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout, Lance Eischeid, Northrop Grumman’s program director for Fire Scout, told USNI News in a Monday interview.
The U.S. Army’s Upgraded Hellfire Missiles Are True Killers
They have a larger arc, can course correct, and can also be fired from both Apache helicopters and Stryker vehicles.
Here s What You Need to Know: Initially conceived of as a kind of counterinsurgency weapon, the Hellfire could also become useful in a great power war.
An Apache helicopter-fired Hellfire missile can typically hit ranges as far as eight kilometers, a targeting scenario which opens up significant opportunities for stand-off air attack. For instance, as was the case in the Gulf War in the early 1990s, Apache helicopters can hover for great periods of time, rely upon its advanced infrared targeting cameras and fire precision-guided Hellfire missiles at enemy tanks, trucks and even ground forces to a degree.
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Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group Now Operating in South China Sea
April 6, 2021 6:04 PM
A MH-60S Knight Hawk, assigned to the ‘Eightballers’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, flies above the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) on March 31, 2021. US Navy Photo
The Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group is once again operating in the South China Sea, amid a flurry of recent U.S. Navy activity in the Indo-Pacific region.
In a Tuesday news release, U.S. 7th Fleet said the CSG sailed into the South China Sea for “routine operations” on Sunday.
“Over the course of the strike group’s deployment, we have demonstrated our commitment to the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region by operating with our friends from Australia, India, Japan, Malaysia and South Korea,” Carrier Strike Group 9 commander Rear Adm. Doug Verissimo said in the release. “We look forward to continuing to sail together with all those that embrace our collective vis
OP-ED: A $1.7 trillion goof would have paid for Biden s infrastructure plan
Will Bunch
The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
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