Second test flight in early June

After First Flight, MQ-4C Triton Slated For First Deployment In 2016

/ May 24, 2013 at 9:35 PM
The Navy plans to deploy its newest unmanned aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton, overseas to patrol the service's 5th Fleet area of responsibility in the Arabian Gulf in 2016, senior Navy officials said after the first successful flight of the Triton last week. "As we have it programmed now, we will be able to take custody of and begin to employ the Triton in the 5th Fleet AOR over in the Arabian Gulf in fiscal year [2016], and the intent...

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