Helicopter drone makes history

When the littoral combat ship Fort Worth left San Diego Bay on Monday, it marked a new chapter in drone use by the Navy. The ship’s 16-month deployment to Asian waters is the first to send manned and unmanned helicopters out to work together. The Fort Worth carried one MQ-8B Fire Scout, an unmanned helicopter engineered in San Diego by Northrop Grumman.

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