MQ-8C VTOL UAV Makes Operational Deployment with the US Navy
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s next generation ship-based autonomous helicopter system deployed operationally Dec. 14, 2021.
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s next generation ship-based autonomous helicopter system deployed operationally Dec. 14, 2021.

Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed a significant milestone in the production of Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft when the aircraft fuselage was mounted onto Triton’s unique one-piece wing.
KAI revealed a full scale replica of its Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at ADEX 2021.
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has delivered the first Aksungur twin-engine medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the Turkish Navy on 20 October.
The maritime patrol version of Safran’s Patroller drone has shown its ability to meet the maritime surveillance needs of navies or European maritime surveillance agencies, as part of the European project OCEAN2020.
Kaman Corporation yesterday unveiled the KARGO UAV, the newest addition to its family of purpose-built, autonomous unmanned systems designed to be the new standard for expeditionary logistics.
PteroDynamics, an aircraft design and manufacturing company that develops innovative vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft has secured a contract with Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to deliver 3 VTOL prototypes for the Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) program.
Apart from an MH-60R helicopter, Royal Australian Navy (RAN)’s frigate HMAS Ballarat also carries an S-100 Schiebel Camcopter, an unmanned aerial vehicle that offers enhanced surveillance capability at sea.
Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) displayed its prototype of the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), Night Intruder 600VT, at MADEX 2021 in Busan, South Korea.

The French Air Force deployed an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for maritime surveillance tasks as part of the European operation Irini – whose mission is to enforce the arms embargo on Libya – on June 5, 2021.