The U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C surveillance drone takes its first flight on May 22nd in Palmdale, Calif. It will be the main naval drone used from 2015 onward.

Northrop Grumman Corp.’s NOC business unit, Northrop Grumman Systems Corp, recently clinched a modification contract involving the MQ-4C Triton unmanned air systems (“UAS”) program.