The Navy deployed Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial system (UAS) was deployed from the Austal USA-built USS Jackson (LCS 6) on May 23. It's a first within the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) designed to provide maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting capability, the company announced. Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 and HSC-23 will be the primary operators of MQ-8C. Scott Weinpel, business development manager for the program, told Janes that the majority of the squadrons' deployments will be in INDOPACOM for the “foreseeable future." (Source: Jane's 05/25/22) Gulf Coast Note: Austal USA is prime contract for the Independence variant LCS and Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) that are built in Mobile, Ala.
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