Navy anticipates achieving two test milestones for Triton in August

By Lee Hudson / July 11, 2016 at 12:33 PM
The Navy anticipates achieving two testing milestones for its MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial system in August, including heavyweight envelope expansion and a mission system test, according to a service official. Cmdr. Daniel Papp, integrated program team lead for Triton, told Inside the Navy during a June 28 interview the MQ-4C and the P-8A Poseidon exchanged full-motion video for the first time. "It was [achieved] using the common data link tie between the Triton aircraft and the P-8 aircraft," he...

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