Northrop delivers first operational MQ-4C Triton, on track for IOT&E

By Lee Hudson / November 29, 2017 at 11:21 AM
Northrop Grumman delivered the first operational MQ-4C Triton to the Navy and following a program restructure the effort is on track for initial operational test and evaluation. The first Triton was presented to Unmanned Patrol Squadron-19 at Naval Air Base Point Mugu, CA. The squadron's maintenance facility is housed at Point Mugu, while all of the flying and mission payload monitoring resides at NAS Jacksonville in Florida, Doug Shaffer, vice president for Triton programs at Northrop Grumman, told Inside the...

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