Northrop Grumman Delivers First IFC-4 Triton to USN Written 3 February 2022

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The Triton unmanned aircraft system completes its first flight May 22, 2013. | Credit: U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman; photo by Alex Evers; Wikipedia; Public Domain

Aviation Week reports that “Northrop Grumman has delivered the first production version of the MQ-4C Triton to the U.S. Navy that comes equipped with low- and high-band signals intelligence payloads.” According to Aviation Week, the “delivery is a key milestone in the Navy’s plan to replace the Lockheed EP-3E Aries II with a family of systems.”
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