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MQ-8B FIRE SCOUT Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System MQ-8B Fire Scout VTUAV Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System Supplying Organic Intelligence and Targeting Capability in the Littoral Battle Space Northrop Grumman’s Transformational Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system provides unprecedented situation awareness and precision targeting support for U.S. Armed Forces of the future. The MQ-8 Fire Scout has the ability to autonomously take off and land on any aviation-capable warship and at prepared and unprepared landing zones in proximity to the soldier in contact. The orthrop Grumman VTUAV system is based on a highly reliable civilian Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) helicopter. The advanced ground control facilities encompass the U. . avy’s Tactical Control System (TC ) software developed for Navy ships, tactical data links and communications relay capability. A modular mission payload allows Using a baseline payload that includes electro- optical/infrared sensors ( O/I ) and a laser range finder/illuminator, the Fire Scout system can find, identify, track and illuminate targets, provide accurate targeting data to strike platforms, and perform battle damage assessment. Acting as a communications node within the Joint C4ISR architecture, Fire Scout will increase the effectiveness and flexibility of other platforms. The Navy program is managed by the U.S. avy’s PMA-266 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Program Office at Patuxent River, Maryland. Fully Autonomous Operations No pilot in the loop required for launch or recovery continued growth for new sensors. With a total vehicle endurance greater than eight hours, the Fire Scout is capable of continuous operations, providing coverage 110 nm (200 km) from the launch site. December 18, 2006 The MQ-8B Fire Scout successfully completes its first fligh