Autonomous Systems

SAN DIEGO – May 10, 2021 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been contracted by the U.S. Navy to prototype and reduce the risk of integrating sense and avoid (SAA) capabilities into the high-altitude, long-endurance MQ-4C Triton autonomous...

CANBERRA, Australia – Dec. 3, 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has completed Phase 1A - initial development - of the MQ-4C Triton Network Integration Test Environment (NITE), located at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh in South...

MOSS POINT, Miss. – Oct. 27, 2020 – Northrop Grumman has initiated the build process for Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton, a game-changing unmanned maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft.  In a ceremony broadcast to a virtual...

In January this year, the U.S. Navy deployed Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton to Guam. The deployment is a first for the high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system. The Guam deployment is part...

CANBERRA, Australia – June 19, 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announces the Australian government’s decision to provide funding for an additional three of their planned six MQ-4C Tritons and associated ground mission control...

            SAN DIEGO – Jan. 27, 2019 – Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system deployed for the first time Jan. 26, to provide military commanders in the Pacific greater maritime intelligence, surveillance and...

CANBERRA, Australia – April 18, 2019 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) welcomes the announcement last month by the Australian Government to purchase a second MQ-4C Triton aircraft. Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper identified the requirement...

The Australian Department of Defence­ officially announced its plan on June 26, 2018 to purchase the Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC)-built Triton aircraft system, further cementing the company’s commitment to a longstanding U.S. ally.

NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY, POINT MUGU, Calif. – June 1, 2018 – Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) joined the U.S. Navy in officially welcoming the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system to the fleet with a ceremony on May 31 to celebrate the commencement...

Naval Base Ventura County, Calif. – Nov. 10, 2017 – Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) delivered the first operational MQ-4C Triton aircraft to the U.S. Navy facility at Point Mugu, providing the service with unparalleled endurance and 360 degree coverage...