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Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Northrop, Navy Halfway Through Triton UAS Testing

MQ-4C TritonNorthrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have reached the halfway point of testing work on the company’s Triton unmanned aerial system nearly eight months after the drone completed its first flight.

Testers have flown Triton for up to 9.4 hours at a time on one mission and have sent the UAS into altitudes of up to 50,000 feet during the envelope expansion efforts, Northrop said Monday.

Envelope expansion covers evaluations of how Triton works at different altitudes, speeds and weights.

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