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American military forces rely on a large fleet of drones for some of their numerous reconnaissance and fire support missions. Since the year 2000, that fleet contains something called the Fire Scout, which is a helicopter-type autonomous machine manufactured by Northrop Grumman.
U.S. Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout Drone Crashes into Ship Our Bureau 728 MQ-8B unmanned helicopter @U.S. Navy A U.S. Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout drone crashed into the side of Littoral Combat Ship, Charleston soon after it took off from its deck on Monday. No one was injured, but the 31-foot-long MQ-8B Fire Scout drone fell into the sea and was not recovered, Scott D. Conn, Commander of the U.S. 3rd fleet said in a statement. A video of the mishap was published by DVIDS, an operation supported by Defense Media Activity, a U.S. DoD field activity.