UK Royal Navy Will Open Carrier Flight Decks To Uncrewed Operations

flight deck of HMS Prince of Wales
The Royal Navy flew Banshee target drones and F-35s from the flight deck of HMS Prince of Wales during the summer of 2021.
Credit: UK Royal Navy
The flight decks of the UK’s two new aircraft carriers are to be adapted for uncrewed aircraft operations and potentially modified for coalition flight operations with conventional carrier-borne aircraft. The UK Royal Navy has an ambition to provide both ships, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of...

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