This morning, we tracked a US Navy Northrop Grumman MQ-4C “Triton” (reg. 169602) arriving at NAS Sigonella after a long flight directly from Florida. This drone joins two others already present at the Sicilian base since March 30 and April 19.
As of today, there are three Tritons in Sicily, 169659, 169660, and, indeed, 169602.
In recent months, we have seen the US Navy Tritons primarily operating over the Mediterranean, conducting surveillance missions off the coast of Libya and in the eastern Mediterranean.