https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/what...ets-look-like/
What will the Royal Navy’s new Vixen jets look like?
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According to an official Royal Navy publication, titled Future Maritime Aviation Force, which was originally published in December 2020, the Royal Navy aims to replace its helicopter-based airborne early warning (AEW) platform, the Merlin HM2 Crowsnest, with a fixed-wing UAV, currently known as Vixen, by 2030.
The Royal Navy also expects to utilise Vixen in surveillance, air-to-air refueling, electronic warfare and strike roles. A slide from the publication shows that Vixen could be used for airborne early warning, strike, aerial refuelling and more.You can read more about the aerial surveillance side of things
by clicking here and the aerial refuelling aspect
by clicking here.
What will they look like?
Project Vixen also parallels the Mosquito project, part of the Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA) initiative.
Naval Technology reported here that the Royal Navy and RAF are working together to study potential platforms for Mosquito and Vixen, suggesting that a common drone could be fielded fby both services.
We reported recently that the uncrewed fighter aircraft demonstrator for LANCA, known as Mosquito, will begin a flight-test programme in 2023……
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/3...ghter-aircraft
£30-million injection for UK’s first uncrewed fighter aircraft
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/roya...drone-for-aew/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Vixen