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Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAV Achieves IOC, Back For Second Deployment

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Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAV Achieves IOC, Back For Second Deployment
An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), taxis after landing on Andersen Air Force Base. VUP-19 will operate and maintain aircraft in Guam as part of the MQ-4C’s initial operational capability (IOC) in the aircraft’s second deployment after returning to Guam in mid-September 2024. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle reached a Navy declaration of initial operating capability (IOC) on Aug. 3 and the aircraft are back in Guam for another deployment, the service and the company said last week. The Navy uses these aircraft for high-altitude, long-endurance maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions that it says will complement the P-8A Poseidon. The first aircraft have and will continue to be used as part of Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP) 19,…

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