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U.S. Navy Requests Increase for Development of MQ-4C Triton SIGINT Package

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, April 30th, 2020

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U.S. Navy Requests Increase for Development of MQ-4C Triton SIGINT Package

An MQ-4C Triton is shown after its arrival in Guam in 2020. (U.S. Navy Photo)

The Navy fiscal 2021 budget requests an increase for the development of the Integrated Functional Capability-4 (IFC-4) signals intelligence (SIGINT) package aboard the service's Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-4C Triton reconnaissance drone. The nearly $178.8 million budget request for Triton modernization in fiscal 2021 allows for continued development and integration of the multi-Intelligence configuration represented by IFC-4 and defers planned procurement of two of the high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) drones for two years until fiscal 2023 to mature IFC-4. "What we see…

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