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Navy’s Triton Makes First Cross-Country Flight; Arrives At Pax

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, September 18th, 2014

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Navy’s Triton Makes First Cross-Country Flight; Arrives At Pax

The Triton arriving at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Sept. 18, 2014. Photo: U.S. Navy

PATUXENT RIVER, Md.--The Navy’s MQ-4C Triton landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on Thursday, completing its maiden flight across the country and moving closer to sensor payload testing. The Triton had earlier departed from Palmdale, Calif., where contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC] builds the aircraft, and where they have been undergoing airframe flight testing to meet key benchmarks ahead of plans to start installing and testing the payload suite. “Today we brought Triton home to the center of research, development, test and…

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