UK Royal Navy plans jet-powered autonomous drone flight trials from aircraft carrier by 2026
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Richard Scott
1mo ago· 4 min readenNews
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The UK Royal Navy is advancing plans to conduct flight trials of a jet-powered Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) from a Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier by the end of next year. Commodore Steve Bolton announced at the Defence Leaders CNE 2026 conference that Project Vanquish is a joint RN-RAF effort to demonstrate a fixed-wing short take off and landing ACP, which will inform the development of the Royal Navy's Hybrid Air Wing concept.
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· 1 pulledProject Vanquish was a joint endeavour with the Royal Air Force (RAF) to demonstrate a fixed-wing short take off and landing ACP to inform development of the RN's Hybrid Air Wing concept.
The UK Royal Navy (RN) is progressing plans to undertake flight trials of a jet-powered Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) from a Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carrier by the end of next year as part of Project Vanquish
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