The Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout surveillance drone has embarked on its first deployment aboard the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Milwaukee. The Milwaukee is operating in the region of U.S. Southern ...

The US Navy’s latest autonomous helicopter system is making its operational debut in the Indo-Pacific region. The Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout is deploying to the region aboard the USS Jackson ...

The U.S. Navy’s successful deployment of its MQ-8C Fire Scout aboard a Littoral Combat Ship is inspiring new thinking about how the drone could be used from a wider range of platforms. The MQ-8C may ...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has successfully completed precision sloped landing tests with the MQ-8C Fire Scout at California's Naval Base Ventura County in preparation for at-sea testing, company leaders ...

The second Northrup Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout introduced into the test fleet will be used this spring for electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing, to ensure the unmanned rotorcraft can operate in ...

Back in the year 2000, which is more than two decades in our past, Northrop Grumman introduced in its lineup of military something called MQ-8 Fire Scout. The helicopter drone, in a configuration ...

A Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout has completed a demonstration of a prototype airborne mine countermeasure system as the U.S. Navy continues to evaluate the mission’s future. The MQ-8C, an uncrewed ...

Northrop Grumman remains on the hunt for the first international sale of its MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned maritime patrol helicopter, roughly two and a half years after the aircraft reached initial ...

The US Navy has declared the MQ-8C unmanned helicopter to be operationally ready, commencing its first shipborne deployment in December 2021. (Northrop Grumman) The US Navy (USN) has commenced a first ...