This Drone Could Make the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Even Better
Kris Osborn
,The National Interest•June 18, 2020
The U.S. Navy is taking drone operations from its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to a new level of security, automation, precision and combat effectiveness by strengthening the technical systems used for its helicopter-like, deck-launched drone called the Fire Scout.
The service is primarily hardening the networks which enable the vertical-take-off drone to operate more safely from the back of an LCS, and perform its reconnaissance missions with less risk of being “jammed†or derailed. The network and flight-path hardening, includes both cybersecurity upgrades and technical adjustments to the drone, focused on improving what’s called Imaged Based Navigation for Vertical Take-off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Shipboard Landing program.
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