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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Jamie Freed

Australia to decide on further Triton maritime drone orders after defence review

FILE PHOTO: The MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system completes its inaugural cross-country ferry flight at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, U.S., September 18, 2014. Picture taken September 18, 2014. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Australia will decide on whether to order up to four more Northrop Grumman Corp MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance drones after a defence review next year, a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) official said.

Australia, to date the only non-U.S. customer for the remotely piloted high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft, has so far ordered three to compliment its fleet of crewed Boeing Co P-8A Poseidon planes.

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