MQ-4C Triton
E258647
high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle
maritime patrol aircraft
military aircraft
unmanned aerial vehicle
The MQ-4C Triton is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle developed for the U.S. Navy to provide persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MQ-4C Triton canonical | 2 |
| MQ-4C | 1 |
| MQ-4C Triton (planned) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2336470 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MQ-4C Triton Context triple: [United States Navy aircraft, notableExample, MQ-4C Triton]
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A.
RQ-4 Global Hawk
The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force and other agencies for wide-area surveillance and intelligence gathering.
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B.
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is a U.S.-designed, remotely piloted combat drone primarily used for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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C.
MQ-1C Gray Eagle
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a U.S. Army long-endurance, medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle designed primarily for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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D.
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail
The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail is an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft equipped with advanced radar and battle management systems to provide surveillance, command, and control capabilities.
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E.
MQ-1 Predator
The MQ-1 Predator is a U.S. remotely piloted aircraft best known for pioneering long-endurance, medium-altitude surveillance and precision strike missions using onboard sensors and Hellfire missiles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MQ-4C Triton Target entity description: The MQ-4C Triton is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle developed for the U.S. Navy to provide persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
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A.
RQ-4 Global Hawk
The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force and other agencies for wide-area surveillance and intelligence gathering.
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B.
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is a U.S.-designed, remotely piloted combat drone primarily used for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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C.
MQ-1C Gray Eagle
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a U.S. Army long-endurance, medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle designed primarily for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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D.
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail
The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail is an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft equipped with advanced radar and battle management systems to provide surveillance, command, and control capabilities.
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E.
MQ-1 Predator
The MQ-1 Predator is a U.S. remotely piloted aircraft best known for pioneering long-endurance, medium-altitude surveillance and precision strike missions using onboard sensors and Hellfire missiles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle
ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ unmanned aerial vehicle ⓘ |
| acronym |
MQ-4C Triton
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
MQ-4C
|
| airframeDerivedFrom |
RQ-4 Global Hawk
ⓘ
surface form:
RQ-4B Global Hawk
|
| basedOn | RQ-4 Global Hawk ⓘ |
| communication | satellite communications link ⓘ |
| complements |
Boeing P-8 Poseidon
ⓘ
surface form:
P-8A Poseidon
|
| controlType | remotely piloted ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 0 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | about 310 knots ⓘ |
| designedFor |
all-weather operation
ⓘ
long-endurance missions ⓘ persistent maritime ISR over wide ocean areas ⓘ |
| designedToReplace | some manned maritime patrol sorties ⓘ |
| developedFor |
United States Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy
|
| endurance | over 24 hours ⓘ |
| engineModel | Rolls-Royce AE 3007H ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| exportCustomer | Australia ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 2013-05-22 ⓘ |
| groundControlStation | Navy ground control facilities ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
de-icing system
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lightning protection ⓘ reinforced airframe for maritime environment ⓘ sense-and-avoid radar for airspace integration ⓘ |
| height | about 4.7 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 2018 ⓘ |
| isUnmanned | true ⓘ |
| landingMethod | conventional runway landing ⓘ |
| launchMethod | conventional runway takeoff ⓘ |
| length | about 14.5 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Northrop Grumman ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | about 330 knots ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | about 14628 kg ⓘ |
| missionType |
battlefield management support
ⓘ
maritime patrol ⓘ ocean surveillance ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy
|
| primaryUser | United States Navy ⓘ |
| programCustomer | Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ |
| programName | Broad Area Maritime Surveillance ⓘ |
| range | over 8000 nautical miles ⓘ |
| role |
maritime intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance
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persistent ISR ⓘ signals intelligence support ⓘ |
| sensorSuite |
AN/ZPY-3 Multi-Function Active Sensor radar
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automatic identification system receiver ⓘ electro-optical/infrared sensors ⓘ electronic support measures ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | over 50000 ft ⓘ |
| status |
in service
ⓘ
operational ⓘ |
| wingspan | about 39.9 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MQ-4C Triton Description of subject: The MQ-4C Triton is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle developed for the U.S. Navy to provide persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MQ-4C Triton (planned)
this entity surface form:
MQ-4C