一架MQ-8B “火力偵察兵”無人直升機準備停在美海軍McInerney (FFG 8)巡防艦。(An MQ-8B Fire Scout prepares to land aboard the Navy frigate USS McInerney (FFG 8). The MQ-8 deployed with the McInerney in 2009. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alan Gragg)[1]
在無人直升機上,諾斯洛普.格魯門公司測試無人機監視器、目標獲得與佈雷區偵測系統。(Northrop Grumman Tests Airborne Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Minefield Detection System On New Unmanned Helicopter)[3]
諾斯洛普.格魯門公司測試新型無人機監視器、目標獲得與佈雷區偵測系統(簡稱ASTAMIDS)。針對美國陸軍,該系統首度用在無人載具上,也就是諾斯洛普.格魯門公司自己所發展的MQ-8B “火力偵察兵”無人直升機。(Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) flew its new Airborne Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Minefield Detection System (ASTAMIDS) for the first time aboard an unmanned air vehicle. ASTAMIDS, which is in development for the U.S. Army, flew on Northrop Grumman’s new, company-owned MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Air System helicopter, designated as “P6.” )
萬向多種監視器是諾斯洛普.格魯門公司的新型無人機監視器、目標獲得與佈雷區偵測系統(簡稱ASTAMIDS)。它被安裝在MQ-8B “火力偵察兵”無人直升機的機鼻下方。(The gimbaled multisensor that is the visible component of Northrop Grumman's new Airborne Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Minefield Detection System (ASTAMIDS) as mounted below the nose of Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Air System helicopter. ASTAMIDS is being developed for the Army under its Countermeasures and Explosive Ordnance Devices and Command and Control Systems program offices. )[4]