PACIFIC OCEAN (June 21, 2018) – Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VX-1) Sailors Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class Salvatore Green, a native of Garfield, New Jersey, left, and Aviation Electronics Technician Third Class Jake Price, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, prepare the MC-8C Fire Scout to launch from the Independence variant littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS-4). VX-1 Sailors embarked Coronado to conduct the first comprehensive Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) for the MQ-8C Fire Scout, the Navy’s newest unmanned helicopter. LCS is a high-speed, agile, shallow draft
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 21, 2018) – Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VX-1) Sailors Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class Salvatore Green, a native of Garfield, New Jersey, left, and Aviation Electronics Technician Third Class Jake Price, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, prepare the MC-8C Fire Scout to launch from the Independence variant littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS-4). VX-1 Sailors embarked Coronado to conduct the first comprehensive Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) for the MQ-8C Fire Scout, the Navy’s newest unmanned helicopter. LCS is a high-speed, agile, shallow draft, mission-focused surface combatant designed for operations in the littoral environment, yet fully capable of open ocean operations. As part of the surface fleet, LCS has the ability to counter and outpace evolving threats independently or within a network of surface combatants.
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