RAF Completes First Protector UAS Flight In UK Airspace

Tony Osborne November 20, 2023
General Atomics Protector
Credit: UK Royal Air Force Sgt. Nicholas Howe
LONDON—The UK Royal Air Force has completed the first flight of its new General Atomics Protector uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) in UK airspace. The first Protector—call-sign Firebird08—took off from Waddington Air Base on Nov. 16 and performed a 70-min. local flight before returning to land. It was...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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