TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 29, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a $17.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy for system software and engineering services in support of the MQ-8 Fire Scout ...

LOS ANGELES - The Navy has grounded a fleet of helicopter drones after two of the aircraft crashed overseas within a week. Known as MQ-8B Fire Scouts, the robotic spy choppers were developed by ...

FIRED UP: The U.S. Navy is looking at a possible demonstration of an armed Fire Scout vertical takeoff unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) by the end of the year, according to Rear Adm. William Shannon.

A day after U.S. Navy officials outlined future cutbacks in the program, Northrop Grumman Corp. said the service awarded it $16 million for two more MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical-takeoff-and-landing ...