Latest Breaking News On - General atomics aeronautical systems protector - Page 1 : comparemela.com
First RAF instructors begin simulator training on General Atomics Protector | News
flightglobal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from flightglobal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UK s unmanned Mosquito on track for 2023 first flight | News
flightglobal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from flightglobal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How UK military, industry will showcase advances at DSEI
flightglobal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from flightglobal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
RAF chief reveals combat cloud, swarming drone advances
flightglobal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from flightglobal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Craig Hoyle2021-03-01T17:03:00+00:00
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has flown its last operational sortie with a Raytheon Sentinel R1 ground surveillance aircraft, with the modified business jet fleet leaving use after only 14 years of service.
Flown on 26 February from the service’s intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) aircraft hub at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, the sortie brought operations by its 5 Sqn to an end.
Source: Crown Copyright
Adapted Global Express performed last operational flight on 26 February
Acquired via the UK’s Airborne Stand-off Radar (ASTOR) competition, the Sentinel fleet totalled five heavily-adapted Bombardier Global Express airframes. The type’s primary sensor was a ground surveillance radar installed within a canoe faring beneath the fuselage.