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U.K. to Invest $130 Million to Prepare Base to Receive Protector Drone

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U.K. to Invest $130 Million to Prepare Base to Receive Protector Drone
U.K. Secretary of State for Defense, Ben Wallace, and Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston address the press, as they stand alongside a pre-production version of the Protector drone last week at RAF Waddington (U.K. Ministry of Defense Photo).

The General Atomics‘ RG Mk1 Protector drone is expected to enter service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) by 2024, and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense has announced a nearly $130 million upgrade for the RAF Waddington base to prepare for the deployment of 16 such drones to replace the nine MQ-9 General Atomic Reapers now used by the RAF. RAF Waddington is to be the RAF's Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) hub and is to house the…

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