Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout

[TomcatViP]

Northrop Grumman, Ultra Demonstrate Unmanned ASW Capability - Naval News

Northrop Grumman Corporation and UK-based Ultra equipped a modified, manned Bell 407 (acting as an MQ-8C Fire Scout surrogate) platform with Ultra sonobuoys, receiver and processor to complete an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability demonstration.

www.navalnews.com

 

[TomcatViP]

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[TomcatViP]

Nice quick shot at sensor display (00:35):

View: https://youtu.be/7jNFL4efoBo

 

[RavenOne]

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I’ve seen MQ-8C Firescout at Royal International Air Tattoo 2018 at RAF Fairford, my photo below.



cheers

 

[GTX]

Navy demos new mine countermeasure prototype on MQ-8C Fire Scout | NAVAIR

The Navy recently demonstrated a mine countermeasure (MCM) prototype technology aboard the MQ-8C Fire Scout UAS at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, proving a capability that could allow the warfighter to rapidly detect and respond to threats. The objective of the demonstration was to gather...

www.navair.navy.mil

 

[aonestudio]

MQ-8C 168809 was tracked in the early stages of testing for SMAMD in late January, when it was still flying with mass simulators. It was photographed with these simulators in February, still flying out of Webster Field. It did not track after January 19. #ADSB #AE5754 https://t.co/O5cGN6eTt4 pic.twitter.com/szU1jcTu0s

— Amelia Smith (@ameliairheart) July 11, 2022

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[Forest Green]

US Navy successfully tests MQ-8C Helicopter with Mine Countermeasure

US Navy recently demonstrated a mine countermeasure prototype technology aboard the MQ-8C Fire Scout UAS.

www.navyrecognition.com

 

[aonestudio]

MQ-8 Fire Scout Demonstrates Expeditionary Capability during Navy Exercise - Seapower

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout recently supported an Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) exercise off the coast of California, demonstrating its capability to transition from ship-to-shore in a maritime environment, the Naval Air Systems Command said...

seapowermagazine.org

 

[aonestudio]

The @northropgrumman MQ-8C Fire Scout on display @AvalonAIA #Avalon2023 pic.twitter.com/e6xbU30jWW

— Tim Fish (@sweeneygov) February 28, 2023

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[aonestudio]

📸: Rear Adm. Bailey receives a briefing on the MQ-8C Fire Scout, an unmanned aerial vehicle, at a base in Bahrain, March 20. The Fire Scout can operate more than 170 miles (275 km) with a payload capacity of over 700 pounds (317 kg). pic.twitter.com/BbwFAxgvOM

— U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (@US5thFleet) March 20, 2023

View: https://twitter.com/US5thFleet/status/1637793159873802240

 

[TomS]

📸: Rear Adm. Bailey receives a briefing on the MQ-8C Fire Scout, an unmanned aerial vehicle, at a base in Bahrain, March 20. The Fire Scout can operate more than 170 miles (275 km) with a payload capacity of over 700 pounds (317 kg). pic.twitter.com/BbwFAxgvOM

— U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (@US5thFleet) March 20, 2023

View: https://twitter.com/US5thFleet/status/1637793159873802240

Interesting to see that this aircraft has the same SMAMD mine countermeasures pods that were flying in Florida last year.

Progress, I hope.

 

[Grey Havoc]

US Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scouts fly into retirement just two years after entering operational service

US Navy (USN) budget documents reveal that the service plans to retire the newest variant of an unmanned helicopter it spent more than a decade and nearly $1.5 billion developing.

www.flightglobal.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

In happier times for the Fire Scout, a Naval Postgraduate School paper from 2010 that may be of some interest:

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA530149.pdf