NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- The Navy will take a second look at the numerous unmanned assets that will soon fly missions for the Navy once they reach the field to determine whether the way they are used should be tweaked, the service's incoming head of unmanned aircraft said here recently. Earlier this year, the Navy awarded MQ-8B Fire Scout manufacturer Northrop Grumman a $262.3 million contract to build eight MQ-8C unmanned aerial systems, which involved taking the...
