Upgraded Fire Scout makes first flight
The U.S. Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made its first flight Dec. 18 at the Webster Field annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River in St. Inigoes, Md. The flight primarily tested the launch abort system. First operators made sure that the aircraft would not take off if it...
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