The Navy is boosting its intelligence capabilities in Europe and Africa with a contingent operating its newest high-altitude surveillance drone recently deployed to Sicily. The service’s only unmanned patrol squadron, or VUP-19, celebrated the deployment of a detachment to Naval Air Station Sigonella and the opening of an MQ-4C Triton drone hangar Saturday, a base statement the same day said.

The Navy didn’t say how many personnel were assigned to the detachment or whether it was operational yet. It’s also unclear if any of the drones were assigned to the base. VUP-19 is homeported at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport in Florida. NAS Sigonella’s location in the Mediterranean enables deployment of P-8 Poseidon patrol and reconnaissance aircraft throughout the theater, supporting U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command.