Will allow EP-3 to retire

Navy Plans To Kickoff MQ-4C Triton Operational Assessment In August

/ July 24, 2015 at 4:10 PM
The Navy is on track to start an operational assessment for the MQ-4C Triton program next month where the system will demonstrate tactics and procedures, according to a service official. Sean Burke, persistent maritime unmanned aircraft systems program manager, said July 16 during a luncheon at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD, the assessment team from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron-1 is in the process of being trained to fly the aircraft for the operational assessment. Initial operational test and...

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