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Thursday, January 19, 2006

Northrop Grumman's Navy Fire Scout Gets Its Sea Legs, Completes First Autonomous Ship Landings
Two RQ-8A Fire Scout UAVs completed nine autonomous shipboard landings on board USS Nashville from Jan. 16-17.

This test marks the first time a Navy UAV has performed vertical landings on a moving ship without a pilot controlling the aircraft.

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