Northrop Grumman to fix Triton UAV

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $39 million contract to fix the radar on the Navy's MQ-4C Triton UAV.

The funds, which are a modification to a previously awarded contract, are "for the correction of deficiencies to the current air-to-air radar subsystem design and to demonstrate that radar technology, performance, and manufacturing risks have been effectively mitigated for the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system," according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

Related: Triton flies with search radar

The work is scheduled to be completed by December 2016. The contract was awarded by Naval Air Systems Command.

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