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Navy Taps Northrop to Train Squadron for 2-Part Fire Scout UAS Demo

Navy Taps Northrop to Train Squadron for 2-Part Fire Scout UAS Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Navy Taps Northrop to Train Squadron for 2-Part Fire Scout UAS Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting eventNorthrop Grumman has helped the U.S. Navy train a detachment of air vehicle operators from the service branch’s helicopter sea combat squadron 23 to perform a two-part flight demonstration of the Northrop-built MQ-8B Fire Scout autonomous helicopter.

The Navy conducted in May the first part of the demonstration in which AVOs at a naval auxiliary landing field in San Clemente Island, California, transferred controls of the unmanned helicopter to operators at a ground control station in Point Mugu, California, during mid-flight, Northrop said in an Aug. 15 news release.

The HSC 23 squadron’s detachment also used Fire Scout to serve as a laser designator tool for a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during the pre-deployment exercise with the USS America (LHA 6) amphibious assault ship and its marine expedition unit as part of the demonstration’s second phase.

The Seahawk aircraft deployed a Hellfire missile to engage a mobile surface target after it received targeting information from Fire Scout during the demonstration.

Northrop’s Fire Scout instructors provided the simulation training to the Navy’s AVOs through its San Diego-based autonomous design facility that has offered training to at least 70 pilots.

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Written by Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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