Australia renews interest in MQ-4C Triton UAS
The Australian Ministers for Defence and Defence Materiel announced May 15 that the government of Australia will enter into a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) planning case with the U.S. Navy for the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
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Northrop Grumman Unveils U.S. Navy’s First MQ-4C BAMS Unmanned Aircraft
Triton Unmanned Aircraft to Bring Persistent Surveillance to the Maritime Patrol Force
Northrop Grumman Corporation unveiled the first U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) in a ceremony today at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif.,… Continue reading
US Navy Global Hawk crashed along Marylands eastern shore
The RQ-4A Global Hawk drone crashed during a routine training flight from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, according to Jamie Cosgrove, a spokeswoman for the Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons Program at the base.
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Northrop Grumman Begins Testing of New Multi-Function Active Sensor Developed for Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Applications
NORWALK, Conn., April 25, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has announced the start of system tests of a new Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) being developed here for use by the U.S. Navy onboard the MQ-4C Broad Area… Continue reading
BAMS given MQ-4C designation
Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. — The Navy’s largest investment in unmanned aircraft, the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System, received its official mission design series designator of “MQ-4C” Sept. 7.
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