Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 51565
Aircraft Carriers: Unmanned Air Systems
Tabled: 12 May 2025
Answered: 19 May 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of using the General Atomics MQ-9 for Royal Navy carrier based operations.
Answer
Maria EagleThrough the MQ-9 International Cooperation Support Partnership, of which the United Kingdom is a signatory, the Royal Navy (RN) has established that the General Atomics MQ-9 can be modified to operate from the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers. As such, the ...
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