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Second UK flight launches RAF’s Protector into integration and operational testing

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has completed a second in-country flight with the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Protector RG1 remotely piloted air system, launching an integration and operational ...
The Aviationist

Let’s Talk About The Recent First Flight In UK Airspace Of A RAF RG Mk1 Protector

RG Mk1 Protector flew for the first time in British skies over Lincolnshire recently. On Nov.17, 2023 the Royal Air Force announced that its RG Mk1 Protector Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) ...
Aviation Week

RAF Completes First Protector UAS Flight In UK Airspace

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 ...
Flightglobal

RAF’s lead Protector makes debut flight from Waddington home

A Protector RG1 remotely piloted air system has made its first flight from the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) Waddington base in Lincolnshire, just weeks after the lead example of the General Atomics ...