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MQ-8C completes first compatibility testing with LCS

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The MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has completed its first series of testing aboard a littoral combat ship (LCS).

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Photo: U.S. Navy

More than 37 recovery evolutions over seven days were carried out aboard USS Montgomery to determine the MQ-8C’s flight envelope while deployed on this class of ship.

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