U.S. Navy Goes Ahead With Bell 407-Based Fire Scout UAV

The U.S. Navy is to award Northrop Grumman a contract to supply 28 MQ-8C Fire Scout “rapid deployment capability” (RDC) vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft using the larger Bell 407 helicopter airframe to increase endurance and payload. The notice of intent says the RDC aircraft are to be...

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