The Navy’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Nov. 17 kicked off its operational assessment, a series of tests that will help the service evaluate whether to enter low-rate initial production.Those tests include six flights and data-collecting scenarios that will gauge Triton’s performance in an operational environment, including conducting intelligence, surface warfare and amphibious warfare missions, according to a Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) news release.Triton, which is built by Northrop Grumman [NOC], will be forward deployed at naval…
