Page 5 - Aerotech News and Review 12-4-15

Fire Scout completes operational assessment

The MQ-8C Fire Scout completed a three- Navy photograph
week operational assessment period Nov. 20
at Naval Base Ventura County at Point Mugu, 7KH04&)LUH6FRXWFRPSOHWHVDWHVWÀLJKW1RYDWWKH3RLQW0XJX6HD5DQJHLQ&DOLIRUQLD7KLVÀLJKWZDVRQHRIRSHUDWLRQDODVVHVVPHQWHYHQWV
Calif. to validate the system’s performance, endurance and reliability.

7KH2$LQFOXGHGÀLJKWVWRWDOLQJ
flight hours where Fire Scout was tested
against maritime and surveyed land targets
to assess system performance, endurance and
reliability of the unmanned helicopter.

“MQ-8C is meeting or exceeding its per-
IRUPDQFHREMHFWLYHVDQGZLOOGHOLYHUJUHDWHU
warfighting capabilities to the fleet in the
future,” said Capt Jeff Dodge, Fire Scout’s
program manager for Multi-Mission Tactical
Unmanned Aerial Systems.

The MQ-8C will provide twice the endur-
ance and three times the payload as the exist-
ing MQ-8B. It has a range of 150 nautical
miles and a payload capacity of more than
700 pounds which provides unique situational
awareness and precision target support for the
Navy on land and at-sea with its multiple in-
telligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
(ISR) capabilities.

The smaller MQ-8B, currently deployed on
WKH866)RUW:RUWK/&6KDVÀRZQPRUH
than 16,000 hours and demonstrated the abil-
ity to operate alongside the MH-60 manned
helicopter during ship-based operations.

“The C model will greatly impact how we
monitor, understand and control the sea and
air space around small surface combatants,”
Dodge said.

The MQ-8C has logged 427 flights and
more than 730 flight hours to date. Initial
ship-based testing is scheduled to begin in
¿VFDO\HDU

Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale | Antelope Valley College Concert Choir

David Newby, Artistic Director

Classical Christmas Stars of Tomorrow Ode to Joy

December 12, 2015 | 8 pm March 26, 2016 | 8 pm May 21, 2016 | 8 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 147, “Herz und Bach Competition Winners Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra
Mund und Tat und Leben” Recital | 7 pm Antelope Valley Master Chorale
Francis Poulenc, Gloria Concerto Competition Winners, TBA Antelope Valley College Concert Choir
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 123
With its timeless chorus “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” Winners of the AVSOMC’s 2016 Gail Newby Concerto
Bach’s Advent cantata offers a beautiful start to the Competition join the orchestra. Beethoven’s inclusion of choir in his final symphony
holiday season. helped establish it as a unique masterwork. Based
Poulenc’s masterwork for chorus and orchestra, Bach Competition winners perform a prelude recital on Friederich Schiller’s An die Freude, the symphony
Gloria, is a masterwork of sonority and color. at 7 pm. is a universal acclimation of brotherhood.

Tickets for each performance:
$20 | Senior, Military, AVC Staff $18 | Youth (Under 18), AVC Students $10

Antelope Valley College Performing Arts Theatre | 3041 West Ave. K, Lancaster, CA 93536 | (661) 722-6580 | tickets.avc.edu

December 4, 2015 Aerotech News and Review 5

www.aerotechnews.com ........ facebook.com/aerotechnewsandreview