Fire Scout test fires 2.75-inch rockets at Yuma Proving Ground

FIRED: Northrop Grumman's RQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned air vehicle fired two 2.75-inch Mark 66 unguided rockets at Yuma Proving Ground July 22, marking the first successful live weapons fire from an autonomous unmanned helicopter, according to the company. The Army is developing the Fire Scout as the...

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