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Rotary-Bat Fleet Northrop Grumman Manufacturer News 24-May-22 - MQ-8C Fire Scout First Deployment to Indo-Pacific #drones 18-Apr-22 - UH-60V Cleared to Fly in All Weather Conditions #IFR 26-Jan-22 - US Navy MQ-8C Drone Operational Deployment #drones 14-Aug-21 - UH-60V Northrop Grumman Glass Cockpit #NorthropGrumman 30-May-21 - MQ-8C Fire Scout on Amphibious Ship #drones More News ... 20-Mar-21 - Missile Protection for US Army Aircraft #CIRCM 25-Apr-20 - UH-60V Passes Initial Operational Test and Evaluation #IOT&E 18-Nov-19 - AH-64E Fire Control Radar Testing Successful #C4ISR 03-Jul-19 - Mission Computers for UH-1Y, AH-1Z and UH-60V #computers 12-Feb-19 - AQS-24C Mine Hunting System #mines 20-Sep-18 - MQ-8C Drone in Sonobuoys and Sonar Demonstration #FireScout 12-Jul-18 - Northrop Grumman Software for UH-60V #software 02-Nov-17 - New Mission Computer Fielded with UH-1Y and AH-1Z 15-Aug-17 - HSC-23 Makes History with MQ-8B Drones 14-Aug-17 - Northrop Grumman at ANTX 2017 29-Sep-16 - US Navy Orders 10 Additional MQ-8C 01-Dec-15 - MQ-8C Fire Scout Concludes Operational Assessment 25-Aug-15 - Endurance Demonstration of the MQ-8C UAV 09-Jul-15 - Marine Corps H-1 Upgrades 23-Mar-15 - Northrop Grumman at AAAA Meeting 2015 23-Feb-15 - Northrop Grumman at Avalon 2015 16-Feb-15 - Northrop Grumman at IDEX 2015 02-Feb-15 - More MH-60S Airborne Laser Mine Detection Systems 23-Dec-14 - MQ-8C Fire Scout Flew from Destroyer for First Time 16-Dec-14 - MQ-8B Fire Scout on Coast Guard Ship for First Time 03-Dec-14 - First Operational MQ-8C Fire Scout to the US Navy 17-Nov-14 - New Mission Computer for Marines H-1 Upgrades 23-Oct-14 - MQ-8C Fire Scout Prepares for Shipboard Testing 21-Oct-14 - Northrop Grumman LCR-350 AHRS in Airbus Helicopters 28-Aug-14 - UH-60M CIRCM Warning System Completes Testing 15-Aug-14 - Northrop Grumman to Modernize UH-60L Cockpit 17-Jun-14 - New advanced radar for the MQ-8B Fire Scout 11-Jun-14 - MQ-8B and MH-60R tested on Littoral Combat Ship 08-May-14 - Northrop Grumman / Yamaha presents Rotary-Bat 05-May-14 - MQ-8C undergo electromagnetic interference Tests 07-Apr-14 - Five more MQ-8C Fire Scouts for the US Navy 24-Feb-14 - Northrop Grumman Inertial Navigation for AW609 25-Nov-13 - Second MQ-8C Fire Scout to US Navy 31-Oct-13 - First Flight of MQ-8C Fire Scout 23-Sep-13 - MQ-8C Fire Scout ready for Flight Operations 13-Aug-13 - MQ-8B passes 5,000 hours in Afghanistan 19-Jul-13 - First MQ-8C Fire Scout delivered to US Navy 26-Jun-13 - LCR-100 reference system for S-92 rig approach 12-Mar-13 - Six more MQ-8C Fire Scouts for US Navy 31-Jan-13 - MQ-8C with new avionics protection 08-Jan-13 - Telephonics radar for MQ-8B Fire Scout 24-Apr-12 - UAV Fire Scout MQ-8C for the US Navy 03-Apr-12 - Mission Computers for UH-1Y and AH-1Z Upgrades 19-Dec-11 - Northrop Grumman to Support LN-251 INS on the CH-53K 08-Nov-11 - Navy to Arm Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter 24-Feb-11 - Fire Scout completes first flights on Littoral Combat Ship 24-Jan-11 - Northrop Grumman to support US Navy MH-60 16-Dec-10 - Fire-X Completes First Unmanned Flight 27-Oct-10 - MQ-8B Fire Scout Surpasses 1,000 Flight Hours 05-May-09 - MQ-8B completes 2nd test period on USS McInerney (FFG-8) 23-Feb-09 - US Navy MQ-8B Third Year of Low Rate Initial Production 15-Jul-08 - MQ-8B completes demonstration aboard 7th Fleet destroyer 31-May-07 - MQ-8B Fire Scout to Enter Production 20-Dec-06 - MQ-8B Fire Scout first flight 18-Jan-06 - Fire Scout completes First Autonomous Ship Landings 05-Dec-05 - Fire Scout MQ-8B Completes Critical Design Review 08-Feb-05 - Northrop Grumman Begins Demonstration Flights for Army UAV Program 27-Jan-04 - Northrop Grumman Fire Scout UAV Officially Joins the Army 21-Aug-03 - Raytheon Software Takes Fire Scout Airborne 23-Apr-03 - Schweizer test Fly Four-Blade Rotor on Fire Scout 16-Jan-03 - First Production Fire Scout rolled out 01-Oct-02 - First Fire Scout in Full Production Configuration completed 10-Jun-02 - Fire Scout Completes 26-Minute Autonomous Flight 21-May-02 - Fire Scout VTUAV Completes First Flights 30-Apr-02 - Fire Scout Prototype to China Lake for First Flight 14-Sep-01 - Northrop Grumman Takes Delivery of First EMD RQ-8A Fire Scout 07-May-01 - Fire Scout VTUAV Enters Low-Rate Initial Production 24-Aug-99 - Northrop Grumman Flight Tests of DIRCM