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Navy’s Triton Drone Completes Ninth Test Flight

Navy’s Triton Drone Completes Ninth Test Flight
The Navy's MQ-4C Tritons are progressing on key test points. Photo: Northrop Grumman.

The Navy’s MQ-4C Triton program has reached the half-way point of flight testing designed to meet key requirements, and the first two of the unmanned aerial vehicles are due to arrive at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., in late spring. Prime contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC] along with the Navy conducted the ninth flight of a Triton in December in Palmdale, Calif., as the MC-4C continues to expand its flight envelope, including reaching an altitude of 50,000 feet and a…

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