Navy orders more electro-optics-packed MQ-4C Triton surveillance unmanned aircraft

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PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md.- Maritime aviation surveillance experts at Northrop Grumman Corp. will build two more MQ-4C Triton long-range patrol unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) under terms of a $172.4 million order announced in February. Official of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., are asking the Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems sector in San Diego to build three low-rate initial production lot 4 MQ-4C Triton UAVs. This is the second Triton order within three months. In December, the Navy awarded a $251.6 million order to Northrop Grumman for three MQ-4C Triton UAVs. February's order includes one Navy main operating base, trade studies, and technical data.