Northrop Grumman updates Triton and Fire Scout programs

摘要

Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance platform had completed its 7th flight just before Pacific 2013 and was due to complete its eighth in the days following. Speaking from the US during Pacific 2013, Triton UAS program director Mike Mackey said the results so far had been as expected. "We have actually reduced the number of test points needed because the system is performing so well," he said. The test vehicle will fly from California to the US Navy's test facility at Patuxent River in the northern spring to begin sensor testing.