UK Protector Force Carries Vision For Free Flight

Tony Osborne July 25, 2018
Protector
Credit: Ted Carlson/General Atomics
Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) is hoping its next generation of Protector remotely piloted air vehicles will be able to fly as freely above the UK as the current generation of Reapers can over the Middle East war zones. A ground-breaking July 10-11 transatlantic flight from Grand Forks AFB, North...
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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