U.S. Navy To Switch Fire Scout To Larger Airframe

The U.S. Navy plans to change the airframe of the Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to extend endurance and payload to meet an urgent special operations requirement for a sea-based medium-range surveillance platform. Funds are requested in fiscal 2012 to buy the first 12 MQ-8Cs...

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