SAN DIEGO, Nov 8, 2011 Northrop Grumman Corporation has started work outfitting the U.S. Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter with a weapons system. The Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System laser-guided 70mm rocket — in production for the Navy since 2010 — will allow ship commanders to identify and engage hostile targets without calling in other aircraft for support. “By...
By Joshua Stewart - Staff writer Navy Times A Navy unmanned helicopter that crashed over Libya in June was likely shot down by forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi, a Navy spokesman said. An investigation revealed no evidence of a mechanical or operator error in the June 21 crash. The MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter was likely shot down during an...
SAN DIEGO, 26 Feb. 2011. The Northrop Grumman Corp. MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) flew its first test flights from the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ship (LCS), USS Freedom (LCS-1). The Navy conducted the activity, known as dynamic interface (DI) testing, off the coast of southern California to verify Fire Scout control...
The MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is performing its first blue water deployment on board a U.S. Navy warship, directed by NAS Jacksonville-based Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 42 Detachment 2. The detachment consists of two MQ-8B Fire Scouts and one SH-60B Seahawk helicopter on board the NS Mayport-based guided-missile frigate USS Halyburton (FFG-40). The Fire Scout...
SAN DIEGO, 15 Dec. 2010. Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Navy have verified that the MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is functionally compatible with communications systems on board the USS Halyburton (FFG-40). This process, known as integration verification, cleared the way for Fire Scout to conduct bluewater — unrestricted — operations from the Halyburton. Integration verification included functional...
The MQ-8B Firescout makes the 1000 hour patch, with at least 40 minutes of solo time. The Northrop Grumman Corporation-built MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical unmanned aerial system (VUAS) has passed the 1,000 flight test hours milestone, attesting to its steady maturation as a key intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance asset for military forces. Northrop Grumman is the Navy’s Fire Scout...
YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. | The Navy successfully conducted the first flight test of the Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) Block I system at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., October 13, testing the system’s performance on the Fire Scout vertical take-off unmanned aerial vehicle. The AN/DVS-1 COBRA system allows the MQ-8B Fire Scout to conduct unmanned aerial reconnaissance in...
Sparks, Nevada – Oct. 4th, 2010 – Sierra Nevada Corporation’s President, Eren Ozmen is pleased to announce that SNC has won a competitive contract from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for the first phase of ACAS. During this phase, SNC and its teammates will develop a preliminary design for a fully integrated Airborne Sense and Avoid (ABSAA) solution. The...
Blurring the borders between missile and UAS this airframe aims to hurry up and wait for something to happen. Expect to see lots of these making news in 2011. Many of the primary players involved are all based close to each other in Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire is the UKs area 51 really in the Chilterns? The Fire Shadow is a low...
Christopher P. Cavas – Staff writer for Navy news :- Flights of the MQ-8B Fire Scout, a small, unmanned helicopter the Navy is testing to operate from its warships, will resume Sept. 20, the Navy announced late Thursday. The flights will end a period where the drones were grounded after operators lost control of one on Aug. 2 and...
