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MH-60S fired AGM-114N with MQ-8B designating the target

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A MQ-8B unmanned aerial vehicle was used to lased a moving target for a AGM-114N Hellfire missile fired from a MH-60S for the first time on Sept. 14.

MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned autonomous helicopter aboard the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) 141120-N-DC018-088
By Petty Officer 2nd Class Antonio Turretto Ramos (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1671379) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The test to validate the MQ-8B’s ability to remote designate a target was carried out off the coast of NAS Point Mugu by HSC-23.

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