The first prototype of Northrop Grumman's Firescout vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft crashed

The first prototype of Northrop Grumman's Firescout vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft crashed on Nov. 4 during testing at the Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, Calif. The cause is believed to be a faulty radar altimeter that read zero while the aircraft was coming in to land but...

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