NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- The Navy expects to drop its total buy of Triton MQ-4C air vehicles below the 68 it had planned for because the system is "more reliable" than anticipated and fewer aircraft are expected to be lost to attrition, according to a service official. Capt. Jim Hoke, persistent maritime unmanned aircraft systems program manager, told reporters here Sept. 23 that the program of record for Triton has a planned buy of 68 air vehicles...
