Unmanned Fire-X Achieves First Flight
By Amy Butler abutler@aviationweek.com, Guy Norris guy_norris@aviationweek.com
ARLINGTON and HURST, Texas, LOS ANGELES
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The Northrop Grumman/Bell Helicopter Fire-X demonstrator achieved first flight Dec. 10 in Yuma, Ariz., just days after arriving there for flight testing, according to officials on the program team.
This is a major step toward the two teammates entering the evolving and potentially lucrative market of unmanned rotorcraft for cargo carriage or intelligence collection ...
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