Northrop Grumman Demos New Optionally Manned Firebird

摘要

In May Northrop Grumman announced a new optionally manned Firebird medium-altitude long-endurance aircraft to its lineup, an intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance plane that could rival General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for some sales of its Reaper UAS. The aircraft was scheduled to be demoed in its optionally manned configuration 23 May-3 June during U.S. Joint Forces Command's Empire Challenge military exercise.