Keywords: RQ-8A Fire Scout.jpg en 050627-N-0295M-256 St Inigoes Md June 27 2005 A RQ-8A Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle VTUAV System takes off for a flight demonstration at the 2005 Naval Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Air Demo held at the Webster Field Annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River Fire Scout has the ability to autonomously take off and land from any aviation-capable warship and at unprepared landing zones With an on-station endurance of over four hours the Fire Scout system is capable of continuous operations providing coverage at 110 nautical miles from the launch site Utilizing a baseline payload that includes electro-optical/infrared sensors and a laser rangefinder /designator Fire Scout can find and identify tactical targets track and designate targets accurately provide targeting data to strike platforms employ precision weapons and perform battle damage assessment The daylong UAV demonstration highlights unmanned technology and capabilities from the military and industry and offers a unique opportunity to display and demonstrate full-scale systems and hardware This year s theme was Focusing Unmanned Technology on the Global War on Terror U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Daniel J McLain RELEASED source http //www navy mil/management/photodb/photos/050627-N-0295M-256 jpg info http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 25693 PD-USGov original upload log page en wikipedia RQ-8A_Fire_Scout jpg 2007-04-15 22 13 MarsRover 2464×1632×8 1358449 bytes <nowiki>050627-N-0295M-256 St Inigoes Md June 27 2005 A RQ-8A Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle VTUAV System takes off for a flight demonstration at the 2005 Naval Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Air Demo held at the Web</nowiki> Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout |