Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton Surveillance UAV. Australia has been considering the MQ-4 as both a military platform and as customs enforcement platform. However, senior Australian customs officials doubt how effectively the planned seven MQ-4C aircraft would detect small boats in the country's northern waters, especially through cloud cover. In terms of military use of the MQ-4, Air Marshall Geoff Brown, head of the Royal Australian Air Force, was quoted in 2013 that Australia is now considering purchasing more manned P-8 Poseidon aircraft and reducing, though not eliminating, the number of MQ-4C Triton UAVs that it originally planned to buy for the RAAF - Day 1 Avalon 2013 Australian International Airshow. File: MQ-4C_Triton_YMAV_20130226_7738
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