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The Royal Air Force Signed A Contract For Its First Loyal Wingman Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
The Royal Air Force Signed A Contract For Its First Loyal Wingman Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
A newly released rendering of the Project Mosquito Loyal Wingman technology demonstrator flying alongside the F-35B. (Photo: Royal Air Force/UK MoD)
Project Mosquito will be the technology demonstrator of an armed UAV that could fly as a Loyal Wingman alongside the Typhoon and F-35 before the end of the decade.
The United Kingdom signed a £30 million three-year contract to design and manufacture a prototype of the first “Loyal Wingman” Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for the Royal Air Force. The company that was awarded the contract is Spirit AeroSystems, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and is set to take the lead of “Team Mosquito”, as the technology demonstrator project team has been called.