Retired US Navy Helicopters Find New Life as Sensor Testbeds for Army

Retired US Navy helicopters find new life as sensor testbeds for Army

The U.S. Army is repurposing four retired Navy MQ-8C Fire Scout helicopters as sensor testbeds, saving over $70 million in procurement costs.

U.S. Army takes over retired U.S. Navy drone helicopters

The U.S. Army has started flight testing four MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters that the U.S. Navy was retiring, turning aircraft headed for long-term storage into flying testbeds for Army sensors and saving the Army just over $70 million in procurement costs. The Army’s Redstone Test Center at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, received the four aircraft […]

Naval Unmanned Helicopters Get Second Life - Seapower Magazine

PORTFOLIO ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE AVIATION, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — In a prime demonstration of joint force agility and resource optimization, the Navy and Army partnered to rapidly repurpose divested MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters, transforming excess inventory into dynamic test assets.  At the direction of the Office of the Chief of...

Naval Unmanned Helicopters Get Second Life

In a prime demonstration of joint force agility and resource optimization, the Navy and Army partnered to rapidly repurpose divested MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters, transforming excess inventory into dynamic test assets.

Unmanned Helicopter Gets Second Life - MilitarySpot

OCTOBER 23, 2026 – In a prime demonstration of Joint Force agility and resource optimization, the Navy and Army partnered to rapidly repurpose divested MQ-8C…