Fire X Has Market Potential

By Bettina H. Chavanne
Ft. Washington, Md.

Contractors are playing “20 Questions” with the Pentagon, trying to determine the next big thing the services want.

The latest team to run the request-for-information (RFI) gauntlet comprises Northrop Grumman and Bell Helicopter. The companies are taking Northrop Grumman’s Fire Scout vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) capabilities and marrying them to Bell’s 407 ...

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