WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US defense contractor Northrop Grumman won almost $20 million to carry out engineering and analysis on emerging obsolescence issues with the MQ-4C Triton drone, the Department of Defense said in a press release.
"Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation [of] San Diego, California is being awarded $19,894,544… for engineering and analysis efforts to develop solutions for near-term emergent obsolescence issues identified for the MQ-4C Triton," the release stated on Tuesday.
The project will include tests, analysis, and configuration management and is scheduled to be completed in May 2020, the Defense Department added.
The Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton is an unmanned aerial vehicle under development for the United States Navy as a surveillance aircraft.
