Italy Exploring Carrier-Based AEW UAS As F-35Bs Reach IOC

 Italian navy AV-8B Plus and F-35B
Credit: Chen Chuanren/Aviation Week Network
SINGAPORE–The Italian Navy is studying the long-term concept of employing uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) as a possible airborne early warning (AEW) platform for its aircraft carriers. Aviation Week understands from sources that the fixed-wing platform will operate from at least 20,000 ft., which...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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