Something interesting for this week: Drones could ‘allow’ Britain to create a second carrier air wing - UK Defence Journal
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.
In other words, they will free up the ASW aircraft to concentrate on ASW.
The UK is also still committed to acquiring more than 58 F-35B Lightnings.
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