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 ...

Continuing the Pentagon’s penchant for UAV investment in the face of continuing resolutions and sequestration, the U.S. Navy announced the purchase of six more Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scouts. The ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 29, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a $17.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy for system software and engineering services in support of the MQ-8 Fire Scout ...

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 8, 2011 Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has improved ground commanders’ ability to see potential threats and increase fighting effectiveness in ...

The US Navy will be pairing its newest ship, the controversial littoral combat ship, with one of its newest drones, the unmanned Fire Scout helicopter. Destined for duty aboard the USS Fort Worth, ...

The Northrop Grumman Corporation built MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter surpassed 5,000 flight hours while providing critical surveillance capabilities to field commanders in Afghanistan. Since ...

A U.S. unmanned helicopter crashed June 21 while undertaking a reconnaissance mission as part of NATO’s continuing air campaign against Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi, reports Defense News. The ...

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy are targeting the end of 2014 to have the extended-endurance MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aircraft ready for deployment on a DDG-51 Burke-class destroyer, to support ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) -- Jackson County supervisors have approved the sale of $5.1 million in port general obligation bonds to help fund construction of the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter ...

Northrop Grumman Corp. is building a plant in Moss Point, Miss., to assemble and test its new Fire Scout unmanned plane for the Army and Navy. The 39,000-square-foot facility could provide as many as ...