The US Navy Deployed Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C Fire Scout

Northrop Grumman announced that MQ-8C Fire Scout, the United States Navy's next-generation ship-based autonomous helicopter system, entered service on December 14, 2021. Fire Scout is deployed with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22, Detachment 5 (HSC-22 DET 5) aboard the USS Milwaukee (LCS-5).