The MQ-8C Fire Scout has been tested for a variety of purposes, such as mine countermeasures (MCM), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and communications relay. The U.S. Navy is moving to expand its ...

It looks like a helicopter, but there's no one in the cockpit, and that's exactly the point. The MQ-8 Fire Scout is the U.S. Navy's unmanned eye in the sky, designed to take off, land, and fly all on ...

The Fire Scout vertical unmanned aircraft system has completed a successful demonstration of its ability to synchronize with the Army’s One System Remote Video Terminal. The Fire Scout ...

Just weeks after findings in a June report by the Pentagon's Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) cited the MQ-8B Fire Scout robotic helicopter’s data links as fragile and ...

The U.S. Navy is expanding the operational scope of its helicopter-like, vertical-take-off-and-landing Fire Scout drone as part of an effort to increase its impact in major maritime warfare. In ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A larger and more powerful version of Northrop Grumman Corp's Fire Scout unmanned helicopter made its first two flights on Thursday, the U.S. Navy said as it plans to start ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and the U.S. Navy successfully flew the unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout simultaneously with the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter for the first time. The capability ...