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During the official unveiling ceremony on 14 June 2012 at Palmdale, California, Navy officials announced that the aircraft had been named Triton. The first flight of the MQ-4C—aircraft Bureau Number (BuNo) 168457—occurred on 22 May 2013, followed by test flights at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Naval Air Station Patuxent River ...
In September 2010, the RQ-4N was officially designated the MQ-4C. [20] The Navy MQ-4C differs from the Air Force RQ-4 mainly in its wing. While the Global Hawk remains at high altitude to conduct surveillance, the Triton climbs to 50,000 ft (15,000 m) to see a wide area and can drop to 10,000 ft (3,000 m) to get further identification of a target.
MQ-4C Triton: United States Surveillance & patrol aircraft: MQ-4 30 MQ-8 Fire Scout: United States UAV helicopter: MQ-8A. MQ-8B 30 MQ-8C Fire Scout: United States
Northrop Grumman's (NOC) business unit wins a modification contract worth $248.2 million to procure two additional low-rate initial-production Lot 5 of the MQ-4C Triton UAS.
Northrop Grumman Corp's (NOC) business unit, Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. wins a contract worth $40.7 million for the Triton MQ-4C unmanned aircraft system.
Northrop (NOC) is going to provide product supportability analyses for operational level maintenance, task analysis and provisioning data involving MQ-4C Triton jets
Litton Industries, Inc., was an American defense contractor that specialized in shipbuilding, aerospace, electronic components, and information technology. The company was founded in 1953 and was named after inventor Charles Litton Sr., who was also an early investor in the company.
Boeing's MQ-25 design is powered by one Rolls-Royce AE 3007N turbofan engine delivering 10,000 lbf (44 kN) of thrust; this is a variant of the engine used to power the Navy's MQ-4C Triton. [23] [24] The aircraft is less stealthy than flying wing UAVs.