'Loyal wingman' fighter drones tested for first time in Britain
Drone controlled by a crew on a plane 500 miles away in Armed Forces trial
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Drone controlled by a crew on a plane 500 miles away in Armed Forces trial
QinetiQ's aerial target drone, the Banshee, was modified to be controlled by a piloted aircraft.
British defence supplier QinetiQ has successfully demonstrated the UK's first crewed-uncrewed teaming force between a jet and a swarm of UAS.
QinetiQ’s technology provides an airborne gateway which can receive and translate both long range and short range communications between drones.
QinetiQ has for the first time in the UK demonstrated manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) between jet aircraft. An artist's impression of a demonstration announced on 25 April, in which QinetiQ for the first time in the UK demonstrated MUM-T bet...