Northrop, Bell Power Up Unmanned Fire-X
By Graham Warwick
Northrop Grumman has powered up its Bell 407-based Fire-X unmanned helicopter demonstrator as the U.S. military moves a step closer to deploying autonomous rotorcraft for cargo resupply missions in Afghanistan.
The Fire-X is nearing completion at Bell Helicopter’s Xworx rapid-prototyping facility in Fort Worth, with external power being applied for the first time in mid-September ...
