Firescout flies from USS Freedom (Littoral Combat Ship 1)

SAN DIEGO, 26 Feb. 2011. The Northrop Grumman Corp. MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) flew its first test flights from the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ship (LCS), USS Freedom (LCS-1). The Navy conducted the activity, known as dynamic interface (DI) testing, off the coast of southern California to […]