Northrop Grumman Sees Triton Skirting NATO AGS Certification Issues

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NATO has caught the Global Hawk bug again and wants to acquire five Tritons for high-altitude surveillance of the High North and Arctic.

Credit: Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is confident the certification challenges that delayed introduction of NATO's Global Hawk-based Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system can be avoided if the alliance proceeds with its planned acquisition of the MQ-4C Triton maritime reconnaissance platform. NATO allies Denmark...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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