MQ-8C VTOL UAV Makes Operational Deployment With The US Navy

Northrop Grumman Corporation's MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy's next-generation ship-based autonomous helicopter system deployed operationally Dec. 14, 2021. Deployed with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22, Detachment 5 (HSC-22 DET 5) aboard USS Milwaukee (LCS-5), Fire Scout provides greater organic intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting (ISR&T) capabilities for the U.S. Navy. This is a significant [...]