Brings Current Total Commitment To Three Aircraft

The Australian government is providing the bucks for an additional MQ-4C Triton aircraft and associated ground mission control stations, bringing its current total commitment to three aircraft. Australia currently intends to purchase six aircraft. A cooperative development program between the Royal Australian Air Force and the U.S. Navy, the MQ-4C Triton provides a round-the-clock maritime wide-area intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability. With its ability to operate at altitudes exceeding 50,000 feet and cover more than two million square miles of ocean and littorals in a single flight, Triton provides what Northrop Grumman describes as “unprecedented awareness to operationa