The Royal Air Force has confirmed that its MQ-9A Reaper fleet has been withdrawn after 18 years in service, as the MQ-9B Protector RG1 readies for operational deployment. Based entirely overseas for ...

Following the type’s first UK flight in November 2023, unmanned Protector RG1s, the UK designation for MQ-9B, are now conducting regular flights from their Lincolnshire base. Over the past week, ...

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The RAF StormShroud is based on the 100km range AR3 drone built by British-Portuguese firm Tekever, which has been used in Ukraine. (UK MOD) ROME — The U.K. has launched a new jammer drone it says ...

Combining the Tekever AR3 and the BriteStorm electronic warfare payload, the StormShroud will protect RAF fast jets against ground-based enemy air-defence systems ...

The Protector (pictured) is to shortly take on the Operation ‘Shader' combat role of the Reaper it is replacing. (Crown Copyright) The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is ...

For anyone out there who has ever worked through a formal process of equipment development for subsequent FAA/military or other national certification, you would likely appreciate the significance of ...