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Navy Begins Deploying New Surveillance Radar On Fire Scout UAV

Navy Begins Deploying New Surveillance Radar On Fire Scout UAV
An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter prepares to land on the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) off the coast of Southern California. Photo: U.S. Navy

The Navy has begun deploying a new maritime surveillance radar on the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter, according to Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).The milestone with the Telephonics Corp. AN/ZPY-4 radar occurred last month aboard the USS Coronado, a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-4), which left Naval Base San Diego in late June for a mission in the Western Pacific. The radar, which can simultaneously track up to 150 targets, is designed to expand the area a ship's combat team can search for…

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