Aircraft
Navy Seeks Industry Ideas for Triton Sense and Avoid Radar
The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command released a request for information on sense-and-avoid radar solutions for the MQ-4C Triton on November 3.
MQ-4C Triton system development test article 1 is shown at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. (Photo: Bill Carey)
MQ-4C Triton system development test article 1 is shown at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. (Photo: Bill Carey)

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) is seeking information from industry on radar and antenna solutions that could provide the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft with a “sense and avoid” (SAA) capability it needs to fly in unrestricted airspace with other aircraft. The Navy’s efforts to develop an SAA radar for the Triton thus far “have failed to produce a design that meets performance and manufacturing requirements to successfully implement this critical technology,” Navair stated in a request for information released on November 3.