The U.S. Navy may reduce its order for 68 MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft due to better reliability rates that the service has been experiencing.
Category: Navy
Lockheed Martin given LRIP contract for 14 AN/SLQ-32(V)2 sets
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin an additional $147 million low-rate initial production contract for Block 2 of the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP).
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Four MQ-8Bs deploying to Pacific on board USS Fort Worth
Northrop Grumman Fire Scout project manager Tom Twomey confirmed that four MQ-8B Fire Scouts will be aboard the USS Fort Worth when the littoral combat ship deploys for its Pacific cruise later this year.
Thales to supply SMART-S Mk2 radars for RNZN ANZAC frigates
Thales will supply two SMART-S Mk2 medium-to-long range surveillance radars for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s ANZAC Frigate System Upgrade program.
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MQ-4C Triton completes first cross country flight
The U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle has landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on Sept. 18 after completing an approximately 11-hour ferry flight from Northrop Grumman’s California facility.
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