USN starts work to weaponize MQ-8B Posted on March 22, 2012 by alert5 The U.S. Navy has an urgent requirement to arm the MQ-8B Fire Scout with the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) in just 18 months. [thumb]http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NAVAIRNewsStory&id=4952[/thumb] Related posts (Automatically Generated): APKWS enters low-rate initial production U.S. Navy begins work to bring APKWS II to AV-8B, A-10 Fire Scout to be armed with missiles USMC completes IOT&E of APKWS BAE Systems shipping APKWS to USMC UH-1Y fired first APKWS