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MQ-4C Triton

High-altitude, long-endurance unmanned maritime ISR aircraft built by Northrop Grumman, based on the Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk air vehicle. Together with the P-8A Poseidon it forms part of the Navy's Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force family of systems. Triton has deployed to Guam and Sigonella, Italy, and stood up a third orbit in U.S. Central Command in fall 2024.

FieldedU.S. NavyMQ-4CTriton

Contracts$8.38B obligated since FY2008

Contractors6

  1. Northrop Grumman$8.35B 100%
  2. L3Harris Technologies$13.0M 0.2%
  3. RTX$6.9M 0.1%
  4. Curtiss-Wright$2.4M 0.0%
  5. CACI International$889K 0.0%
  6. Teledyne Technologies$498K 0.0%

Awards50

Obligations are signed USAspending prime-contract actions coded to this program, FY2008 to date, credited to the company that received each action. Obligations are money committed, not company revenue.