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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Navy Halts Work On Triton Drone’s System To Help Avoid Other Planes

MQ-4C TritonThe Navy has halted work on what had seemed the Pentagon’s most promising system to help drones sense and avoid other aircraft.

The system, built by ITT Exelis, is “behind schedule” and the Navy has “made a decision to pause on the capability right now,” Navy Capt. Jim Hoke, program manager for the Triton drone built by Northrop Grumman said here this morning.

”We just need to take a hard look,” Hoke said, adding that the Navy might seek new bids for the system.

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