U.S. Navy Goes Ahead With Bell Fire Scout UAV

The U.S. Navy is to award Northrop Grumman a contract to supply 28 MQ-8C Fire Scout “rapid deployment capability” (RDC) vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft using the larger Bell 407 helicopter airframe to increase endurance and payload.

The notice of intent says the RDC aircraft are to be fielded ...