APDR March 2020 Editorial: Triton Production Freeze – An opportunity for the RAAF

APDR March 2020 Editorial: Triton Production Freeze – An opportunity for the RAAF? Every cloud has a silver lining, right? That is a very apt metaphor for the situation concerning the Triton MQ-4C – the High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) uninhabited aerial system being acquired as part of AIR 7000 Phase 1B. The RAAF has contracted for one of these massive aircraft – with five more to come. A seventh Triton remains on the RAAF’s wish list. At first the Presidential budget request for Defense spending – made public on February 10 – looked to have jammed a giant spanner into the spokes of that wheel by stopping construction of Tritons for the next two U.S. fiscal years. It is worth remembering that these are unique, starting on… Read more in the current issue of APDR (Free to read with registration or via Facebook/Linkedin): https://venturaapdr.partica.online/apdr/apdr-march-2020/features/triton-production-freeze-an-opportunity-for-the-raaf