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Sensors aboard can cue onto electronic signals and adversary communications, and that information can be relayed to warships and other aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice Adm. Craig Clapperton, the Navy\u2019s leader of Fleet Cyber Command, told attendees at the West conference in San Diego the Triton\u2019s signals and geospatial intelligence capabilities are of particular interest to him and his teams. The drone achieved initial operating capability last year, following use in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clapperton expects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/industry\/2024\/02\/12\/rebellion-to-supply-software-for-navys-secretive-project-overmatch\/\" target=\"_blank\">improved information-sharing<\/a> across the service as Triton usage continues. Northrop has delivered at least five of the uncrewed systems to the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5865\" height=\"3915\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Crag-Clapperton-WEST.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Navy Vice Adm. 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Craig Clapperton listens to an audience question at the West conference in San Diego on Feb. 13, 2024. (Colin Demarest\/C4ISRNET)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf Triton is on an INDOPACOM orbit, it doesn\u2019t just communicate with Naval Information Operations Command Pacific in Hawaii,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re communicating with Whidbey Island, they\u2019re communicating with Task Force 1060 in NIOC Maryland. They\u2019re communicating with Task Force 1050.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northrop last year said it was able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/battlefield-tech\/c2-comms\/2023\/02\/14\/northrop-links-drones-ships-in-demonstration-of-connected-navy-fleet\/\" target=\"_blank\">shuttle information between its Triton<\/a> and simulated battlefield assets, including an F-35, an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, destroyers and carrier strike groups. The connectivity was made possible via a \u201cgateway\u201d that hooked into the drone\u2019s onboard radar and advanced computing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To stay ahead of China and Russia, the U.S. military is attempting to dissolve the membranes that have long compartmentalized the services, their databases and their weapons. The multibillion-dollar push, referred to as Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, envisions any sensor feeding any shooter the data he or she needs \u2014 meaning responses to foreign aggression will likely be quicker, more efficient and less constrained by geography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAround the globe, as these Tritons expand their orbit, they will be communicating with all of my NIOCs and bringing, really, a federated approach to that battlespace awareness and how we can help the warfighter have a better understanding of what\u2019s going on in their area of responsibility,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.navy.mil\/leadership\/article\/2350041\/vice-admiral-craig-a-clap-clapperton\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clapperton said<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The autonomous MQ-4C Triton intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting drone can fly for more than 24 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