News Story: Manned, unmanned helos coordinate missile attack

MQ-8B Fire Scout (Image: Wiki Commons)

by Richard Tomkins

An unmanned air system has been used as a laser designator platform for an MH-60S Seahawk to fire a Hellfire missile at a moving target.

The U.S. Navy said the test of the MQ-8B Fire Scout took place at a designated live-fire range off the coast of California and successfully demonstrated the operational integration of Navy-manned helicopters and unmanned assets.

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