After initial sorties over the sea south of RAF Akrotiri, flight tracking data now confirms that the RAF’s MQ-9B Protector ...

Activity visible on flight tracking websites reveals that the Royal Air Force’s MQ-9B Protector RG1 has been deployed to RAF Akrotiri as the type ramps up operations to replace the now retired MQ-9A ...

The Royal Air Force’s (RAF) first Protector RG Mk1 remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) has taken its first flight in the U.K., the service announced. Last month, the RAF said that it was preparing ...

A Protector RG1 remotely piloted air system has made its first flight from the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) Waddington base in Lincolnshire, just weeks after the lead example of the General Atomics ...

The Royal Air Force has opened the Protector RG Mk1 flight and training establishment at RAF Waddington, in a ceremony hosted by Air Officer Commanding 1 Group. The building, which houses ground ...

Seen flying over RAF Waddington, the Protector RG1 is due to enter UK service later in 2025. (Crown Copyright) The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is progressing flight ...

The first instructors for the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Protector RG1 remotely piloted air system (RPAS) fleet have begun simulator-based training in the USA.

The Protector (pictured) is to shortly take on the Operation ‘Shader' combat role of the Reaper it is replacing. (Crown Copyright) The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is ...

On May 1, 2023, the Royal Air Force (RAF) began training its first cohort of pilots, sensor operators, and mission intelligence coordinators on operating its new Protector Remotely Piloted Aircraft ...