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US Navy Seek to Arm Firescouts with Guided Rockets
The US Marine Corps plans to integrate the newly fielded Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) rocket onto the MQ-8B Firescout unmanned helicopter. The US Navy recently awarded a contract for...
View ArticleTelephonics to Equip US Navy FireScouts with SAR/GMTI Radars
Telephonics Corporation will deliver nine AN/ZPY-4(V)1 multi-mode maritime surveillance radars to equip the US Navy’s MQ-8B with improved night/adverse weather surveillance capability. The post...
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US Navy Receives the First MQ-8C VTUAV
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first MQ-8C aircraft to the US Navy in early July, in preparation for ground and flight testing. “The endurance upgrade doubles the time on station of the MQ-8 system...
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LCS 3 ‘Fort Worth’ Validates Surface Weapon Package, UAS Operations on Sea...
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Surface Warfare Mission Package successfully completed the second phase of its developmental testing, on board the USS Fort Worth (LCS3), the Naval Sea Systems Command...
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Manned and unmanned helicopters demonstrate joint operations with the...
The US Navy has demonstrated operations of manned and unmanned aircraft from the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). On a test off the Pacific coast, the Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout launched and...
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