MQ-9B Protector Variant Under Consideration for Royal Navy Airborne Early Warning Mission
The UK’s Ministry of Defence is currently examining a variant of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian to replace the Merlin HM2 Airborne Surveillance and Control aircraft. In a written parliamentary question submitted on May 12, 2025, Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty, asked the UK’s Secretary of State for Defence about the assessment of the “feasibility of using the […] The post MQ-9B Protector Variant Under Consideration for Royal Navy Airborne Early Warning Mission appeared first on The Aviationist.


The UK’s Ministry of Defence is currently examining a variant of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian to replace the Merlin HM2 Airborne Surveillance and Control aircraft. In a written parliamentary question submitted on May 12, 2025, Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty, asked the UK’s Secretary of State for Defence about the assessment of the “feasibility of using the […]
The post MQ-9B Protector Variant Under Consideration for Royal Navy Airborne Early Warning Mission appeared first on The Aviationist.