Navy Roadmap Calls For Spiral Development Of Fire Scout UAV

By Cid Standifer / July 26, 2010 at 6:13 PM
The Navy is setting requirements for a medium-range unmanned air vehicle that will follow in the footsteps of the Fire Scout and may be deployed by 2019, officials told Inside the Navy last week. Vice Adm. David Dorsett, head of the Navy's N2/N6 information directorate, which oversees unmanned air and underwater assets, said the medium-range UAV is part of the service's recently drafted UAV roadmap. It is envisioned as a follow-on to the Fire Scout vertical unmanned air vehicle,...

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