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Navy/USMC

MQ-8B Crashes Into Littoral Combat Ship After Launch

Wednesday, April 28th, 2021

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MQ-8B Crashes Into Littoral Combat Ship After Launch

An MQ-8B Fire Scout conducts low-light conditional development testing with the AN/DVS-1 Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (Photo: U.S. Navy).

An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter crashed into the side of the littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Charleston (LCS-18) after taking off from the ship on April 26, the U.S. 3rd Fleet said Tuesday. The MQ-8B took off from the Independence-variant LCS around 3:40 p.m. local time while the ship was in the Eastern Pacific as it sailed towards the Western Pacific Ocean region. The Navy said nobody was injured and the LCS continues to operate safely after the incident.…

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