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T?? U.S. N?v?’s MQ-4C T?it?n Unm?nn?? Ai?c???t S?st?m (UAS) ???iv?? in M?????t, Fl??i??, D?c. 16, ??ll?wіп? its initi?l ???l??m?nt in t?? P?ci?ic t???t??. T?is ?i? v??icl? w?s ?n? ?? tw? MQ-4C T?it?n UAS t??t ?????t?? ???m An???s?n Ai? F??c? B?s? in G??m, ??t?? c?m?l?tin? t??i? ?i?st ??t?ti?n?l ???l??m?nt t? J???n ?n Oct. 12, 2021. VUP-19, t?? ?i?st T?it?n UAS s??????n, ?????t?s ?n? m?int?ins tw? ?i?c???t ?s ???t ?? ?n E??l? O????ti?n?l C????ilit? (EOC) t? ???t??? ???in? t?? c?nc??t ?? ?????ti?ns, incl??in? ?x???iti?n??? ??sin?, ?n? c?m?l?m?nt m?nn?? s?st?ms t? ??tt?? l?c?t?, i??nti??, ?n? t??ck c?nt?cts ?? int???st in t?? m??itim? ??m?in.
“T?? MQ-4C T?it?n ??m?nst??t?s t?? si?ni?ic?nc? ?? m?nn?? ?n? ?nm?nn?? int????ti?n t? s?????t n?ti?n?l s?c??it? int???sts,” s?i? Cm??. B?i?n C?nl?n, c?mm?n???, Unm?nn?? P?t??l S??????n (VUP) 19. “T?? VUP-19 ?n? MQ-4C T?it?n ???l??m?nt t? t?? S?v?nt? Fl??t ???? ?? ??s??nsi?ilit? ???vi??? ?n ?????t?nit? t? ???l? ?n? ???in? t?? t?ctics, t?c?ni???s, ?n? ???c?????s t? ?x??n? ??? c?nc??t ?? ?????ti?ns ?n? in???m ?l?nnin? ??? ??t??? ???l??m?nts ????n? t?? w??l?.”
N??t???? G??mm?n MQ-4C T?it?n
M?m???s ?? t?? In?i?n N?v?, t?? R???l A?st??li?n Ai? F??c?, ?n? P?t??l S??????n (VP) 5 t?k? ? t??? ?? t?? MQ-4C T?it?n, ?n ?nm?nn?? ???i?l v??icl? ?????t?? ?? Unm?nn?? P?t??l S??????n (VUP) 19 ???in? Ex??cis? S?? D????n. S?? D????n is ?n ?nn??l m?lti-l?t???l ?nti-s??m??in? w?????? ?x??cis? t??t im???v?s t?? int????????ilit? ?l?m?nts ????i??? t? ????ctiv?l? ?n? c???siv?l? ??s??n? t? t?? ????ns? ?? ? ???i?n?l c?ntin??nc? in t?? In??-P?ci?ic, w?il? c?ntin?in? t? ??il? ?n? st??n?t??n ??l?ti?ns?i?s ??l? ??tw??n n?ti?ns. (U.S. N?v? ???t? ?? Lt. Cm??. K?l? H??k??)
T?? MQ-4 T?it?n’s ???iv?l ?t N?v?l St?ti?n M?????t will s?????t ?nit l?v?l t??inin? ?n? ???????ti?n ??? t?? n?xt v??i?nt ?? MQ-4C. T?? N?v? c?n??ct?? its ?i?st t?st ?li??t ?? t?? MQ-4C T?it?n in its ???????? ????w??? ?n? s??tw??? c?n?i????ti?n, kn?wn ?s Int????t?? F?ncti?n?l C????ilit? (IFC)-4, J?l? 29 ?t N?v?l Ai? St?ti?n P?t?x?nt Riv??, M???l?n?. IFC-4 ??in?s ?n ?n??nc?? m?lti-missi?n s?ns?? c????ilit? ?s ???t ?? t?? N?v?’s M??itim? Int?lli??nc?, S??v?ill?nc?, R?c?nn?iss?nc? ?n? T????tin? (MISR&T) t??nsiti?n ?l?n. T?? MQ-4C c?n ??m?in ?l??t m??? t??n 30 ????s ?t 55,000 ?t (17,000 m) ?t s????s ?? ?? t? 330 kn?ts (380 m??; 610 km/?).
T?? N??t???? G??mm?n MQ-4C T?it?n is ?n Am??ic?n ?i??-?ltit??? l?n? ?n????nc? ?nm?nn?? ???i?l v??icl? (UAV) ?n??? ??v?l??m?nt ??? t?? Unit?? St?t?s N?v? ?s ? s??v?ill?nc? ?i?c???t. T???t??? wit? its ?ss?ci?t?? ????n? c?nt??l st?ti?n, it is ?n ?nm?nn?? ?i?c???t s?st?m (UAS). D?v?l???? ?n??? t?? B???? A??? M??itim? S??v?ill?nc? (BAMS) ??????m, t?? s?st?m is int?n??? t? ???vi?? ???l-tіm? int?lli??nc?, s??v?ill?nc? ?n? ??c?nn?iss?nc? missi?ns (ISR) ?v?? v?st ?c??n ?n? c??st?l ???i?ns, c?ntin???s m??itim? s??v?ill?nc?, c?n??ct s???c? ?n? ??sc?? missi?ns, ?n? t? c?m?l?m?nt t?? B??in? P-8 P?s?i??n m??itim? ??t??l ?i?c???t.