"In the early 2000s, the US Army selected the Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for its Future Combat Systems ...

The Northrop Grumman Corporation built MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter surpassed 5,000 flight hours while providing critical surveillance capabilities to field commanders in Afghanistan. Since ...

A new unmanned helicopter could revolutionize the way special operations forces working in hard-to-reach environments are resupplied with beans, bullets, and band aids. But while Northrop Grumman’s MQ ...

FIRE SCOUT CDR: Northrop Grumman completed the critical design review of its MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Navy in mid-November, the company announced Dec. 2. The review ...

A U.S. unmanned helicopter crashed June 21 while undertaking a reconnaissance mission as part of NATO’s continuing air campaign against Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi, reports Defense News. The ...

With the last of three planned low-rate initial production (LRIP) contracts recently awarded, the U.S. Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) is ...

WEBSTER FIELD, Md. — The U.S. Navy plans to award Northrop Grumman a contract in August to integrate the Telephonics RDR-1700 maritime surveillance radar onto the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter ...

SCOUTING A TIME: The U.S. Navy plans to conduct a technical evaluation of the MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) program soon – “in early 2009,” ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and the U.S. Navy successfully flew the unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout simultaneously with the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter for the first time. The capability ...

The U.S. Navy is moving to expand its multidomain operational capacity by experimenting with new methods of deploying ship-launched drones from both land and sea. The intent is clearly ...

An armed U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter is to be fielded within 18 months. The requirement for rapid deployment means the Navy initially has selected BAE Systems' ...