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British Mosquito Wingman Drone to Soon Fly Alongside the F-35 Fighter
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British Royal Air Force invests in space capabilities 2 hours ago The Royal Air Force, represented in this photo by its Red Arrows aerobatic team, is prioritizing space investments under the recently released U.K. defense guiding document. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON The United Kingdom’s recent guiding plan for its military included both cuts to existing systems and investments in new technologies, with a special emphasis on increasing the U.K.’s capabilities in space. During an April visit to Washington, Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston, the head of the Royal Air Force, sat down with C4ISRNET to discuss some of those investments outlined in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Britain’s Mosquito Wingman Drone Could Fly With the F-35 This Decade
As a loyal wingman drone, the Mosquito will support the aircraft to which it is attached in a wide range of combat, reconnaissance, electronic warfare, and surveillance roles.
Even as the United Kingdom forges ahead with F-35B fighter procurement plans and an ambitious project for a home-grown next-generation fighter, London is also quietly building an advanced loyal wingman combat drone.
Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston gave a comprehensive interview to Defense News earlier this week. In it, he discussed London’s procurement strategy into the coming decades and shed light on the ongoing controversy surrounding the UK’s F-35 fleet size. Toward the end of the interview, Wigston was asked about the UK’s Mosquito loyal wingman drone program. Wigston explained that both the Tempest fighter and the Mosquito project are part of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), which he described as “a mix of piloted comba
British Army to establish new special operations brigade to tackle emerging threats
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Long-Range Russian Aircraft are Traveling the World Tracking NATO Submarines
The Russian patrol surge isn’t limited to Europe.
Here s What You Need to Remember: The Russian exercise seemed to highlight Moscow’s new approach to undersea warfare. While the war game reportedly was defensive in nature, the same submarines with their long-range cruise missiles could conduct offensive operations from the same waters.
A pair of Russian navy Tu-142 patrol planes flew one of the longest-ever flights in international air space in decades on and around March 11, 2020.
The powerful, swept-wing planes with their four turboprop engines flew from Kipelovo-Fedotovo airbase near Vologda in northern Russia, skirted the Arctic Circle as they headed west around Norway and the United Kingdom then south to the waters off Spain and then flew back.
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