Northrop Grumman MQ-4C

The commitment to buy the fourth aircraft stops short of Australia’s original plan to buy seven MQ-4Cs, with a goal of operating two simultaneous patrols.

The U.S. Navy wants to end the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton buy at 22, far short of the program of record as it looks to procure other uncrewed systems.

History suggests the military aviation program outlined by defense officials on March 13 is unlikely to survive the appropriations process intact.

A decades-old concept for a ubiquitous battlefield network concept is starting to become reality.

The U.S. Marine Corps is halving its planned 2021 buy of F-35Bs to 10 jets, while the Navy is purchasing three fewer F-35Cs than in the previous year’s budget projection.