18 August 2011

Navy plans to arm Fire Scout #UAV with missiles | #cyberwar #DoD

The MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle may soon head to sea with a major upgrade: air-to-surface missiles.

The Navy's drone helicopter, which recently finished its second deployment, will start carrying either Raytheon' Griffin or BAE's Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, two small missiles that would give an aircraft designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance a deadly capability.

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