"This approach is designed for near-shore environment where our current experience shows us we're most likely to encounter threats," Admiral David Buss said.The new unit comprises ten MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned autonomous helicopters - developed by Northrop Grumman to ‘provide reconnaissance, situational awareness, and precision targeting support for ground, air and sea forces’ - and eight MH-60 Romeo helicopters.
The MQ-8 Fire Scout can be controlled by two pilots on the ground oron a ship up to 177 kilometers (110 miles) away. It can fly for at least eight hours compared to MH-60 Romeo’s maximum airtime of 3.3 hours."
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