MQ-8B

An unarmed version of the MQ-8B Fire Scout is already flying surveillance and reconnaissance missions for the US Navy, using cameras and sensors inside a cone on the aircraft's nose.

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Self-destruct spacebar identified as 'key weakness' of US Navy's Fire Scout helicopters AN unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout helicopter can launch by itself, fly by itself - and with a single slip, can almost blow up by itself.

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Adm. Winnefeld said he was in the operations center watching when controllers lost the link to their Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout during a test at the naval air station at Patuxent River, Md., and it flew into the capital region's restricted airspace.

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The MQ-8B was originally developed for use on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), and was due to enter service last year.

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Winnefeld said he was in the operations center watching when controllers lost the link to their Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout during a test at the naval air station at Patuxent River, Md., and it flew into the capital region's restricted airspace.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

Mike Haskey/mhaskey@ledger-enquirer.com Northrop Grumman's Fire Scout MQ-8B was one of more than 60 emerging technologies on display Friday morning at the annual Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment open house.

Ledger-Enquirer.com: News 2010

The MQ-8B can stay in the air for up to eight hours at a time (five hour missions are more common), has a top speed of 230 kilometers an hour, and can operate up to 230 kilometers from its controller (on land, or a ship.)

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Navy has been testing its helicopter UAV, the MQ-8B

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April 11, 2010: Recently, a U.S. Navy frigate, operating in the eastern Pacific, used its MQ-8B helicopter UAV to detect a high speed cocaine smuggling boat.

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The MQ-8B is still going to be used on the new Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).

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