Labor will push ahead with the purchase of a fourth Triton drone system for the Australian Defence Force, significantly boosting surveillance across the country’s maritime region as part of a $1.5 billion deal.
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy confirmed the government would buy the additional remotely piloted aircraft system, with long-range capacity, as well as undertake upgrades to the RAAF’s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft fleet.
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Tom McIlroy was the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief.