Yesterday morning, we tracked a US Navy Northrop Grumman MQ-4C “Triton” (reg. 169804) arriving at NAS Sigonella after a long flight directly from Florida. This drone joins three others already present at the Sicilian base since March 30, April 19 and July 18.
As of today, there are three Tritons in Sicily, 169659, 169660, 169602 and, indeed, 169804.
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.