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KBR has been awarded a contract to continue supporting the MQ-4C Triton aircraft with critical mission planning capabilities until November 2025.  

KBR mission planning specialists support the MQ-4C Triton aircraft at RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory and at 9 Squadron, at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia. 

This world-leading technical support enables the remotely piloted aircraft to taxi, take off, conduct missions and return safely to the airfield– capabilities that have recently been tested at RAAF Base Tindal in taxi and flight trials. KBR developed and loaded the mission plans for Triton’s recent taxi and flight trials.

Over the past four years, KBR’s team has supported a range of technical activities to support Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) operations in Australia. Since 2020, KBR has supported Triton’s aeronautical and geospatial requirements, mission planning network development and mission planning. 

Australia is acquiring four MQ-4C Triton aircraft and associated ground support systems. Triton is a high-altitude long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft system, which will provide long-range, persistent surveillance across Australia’s maritime approaches and its broader areas of interest. Triton will complement the Australian Defence Force’s crewed P-8A Poseidon fleet which is tasked with undertaking enhanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to support Australia’s defence and security.

Nic Maan, KBR Vice President for Australia Defence Security Solutions said, “Our ongoing work supporting Triton reflects the team’s enormous contribution ahead of the formal start of aircraft operations and KBR’s world-leading mission planning and sustainment capabilities. KBR mission planning systems draw on highly efficient software and supporting technologies to enable detailed, integrated planning, precise execution and post-mission debriefing.

For more than a decade KBR has developed and grown critical mission planning capabilities supporting ADF operations and humanitarian support.