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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. ....
British shell out seed funding for ‘loyal wingman’ combat drone January 25 Computer-generated image of the Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA) concept flying alongside an F-35B. (British MOD image) LONDON A British initiative to develop an unmanned air vehicle known as a “loyal wingman” has received a boost with the announcement by the Ministry of Defence that a Spirit AeroSystems-led consortium is to build a full-scale test vehicle. The Belfast, Northern Ireland-based arm of Spirit and partners, including Northrop Grumman UK, have been awarded a £30 million (U.S. $41 million) deal to lead a partnership, known as Team Mosquito, for building the demonstrator vehicle in time to start a test flight program by the end of 2023. ....
According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) the uncrewed combat aircraft will be designed to fly alongside fighter jets and will be armed with missiles, surveillance and electronic warfare technology. The so-called ‘loyal wingman’ will be the UK’s first uncrewed aircraft that can target and shoot down enemy aircraft and survive against surface-to-air missiles. In a statement, Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston, Chief of the Air Staff said: “We’re taking a revolutionary approach, looking at a game-changing mix of swarming drones and uncrewed fighter aircraft like Mosquito, alongside piloted fighters like Tempest, that will transform the combat battlespace in a way not seen since the advent of the jet age.” ....