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Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s next generation ship-based autonomous helicopter system, deployed operationally on Dec. 14, 2021.
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...