Germany plans to buy Triton SIGINT UAVs

摘要

The Generalinspekteur der Bun-deswehr, German chief of defence staff General Volker Wieker, on 6 March approved the procurement of Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to meet the country's airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) requirements. With the Airbus Defence and Space Integrated Signal Intelligence System (ISIS) mission system originally planned for the cancelled Euro Hawk HALE unmanned aerial system (UAS) as a payload, Triton will fill the gap in the Bundeswehr's capabilities that has existed since the manned Breguet Atlantic BR1150 SIGINT aircraft was retired from service in 2010.