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Five new MQ-8C Fire Scout UAV helicopters for the US Navy

San Diego, USA - The contract currently includes 19 aircraft

The US Navy asked Northrop Grumman to build five additional MQ-8C UAV (Unmanned Aerial vehicle, remote-piloted aircraft) helicopters. The overall number of examples of the model included in the contract between the aerospace company and the Navy has therefore reached 19. Final assembly of the aircraft will take place at the company's Unmanned Systems Center in Moss Point, Mississippi. The MQ-8C...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1159453
Rome, Italy, 04/07/2014 18:56
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