Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Navy Restarts Effort To Fit 'Due Regard' Radar on Triton
The U.S. Navy has restarted the development of a sense-and-avoid radar system for the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft.
Shown is the first of three MQ-4C Triton test aircraft now based at the Patuxent River, Md., Naval Air Station. (Photo: Bill Carey)
Shown is the first of three MQ-4C Triton test aircraft now based at the Patuxent River, Md., Naval Air Station. (Photo: Bill Carey)

The U.S. Navy has restarted its effort to fit a “due regard” radar on the new MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance aircraft. The service will incorporate the radar subsystem as part of a “multi-intelligence” capability upgrade that should be initially operational on the Triton in 2020, according to Sean Burke, the Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) program manager.