The Navy’s MQ-4C Triton remotely piloted aircraft, a variant of USAF’s RQ-4 Global Hawk, completes its first flight, flying for 1.5 hours over Palmdale, Calif. Northrop Grumman develops both RPAs.
The Air Force and Space Force must manage tradeoffs between readiness and preparing forces as they conduct more realistic, large-scale exercises to counter high-end threats, senior leaders said Sept. 18 at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference.