First Triton IFC-4 UAV delivered to US Navy

The first Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to the Integrated Functional Capability 4 (IFC-4) standard has been delivered to the US Navy, the company announced in early February. Known as B8, the aircraft was delivered to Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River in Maryland on February 1. The widescale deployment of Triton IFC-4 UAVs will allow the US Navy to retire its fleet of manned EP-3E Aries multi-intelligence reconnaissance aircraft. Aircraft B8, the first MQ-4C Triton