RAF prepares to receive the Protector RG1

Throughout August and September, a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGuardian has been performing demonstration operations from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, as part of the SkyGuardian to the UK 2021 (SG2UK21) programme. The SkyGuardian - registration N190TC, also known as YBC-01 - is a pre-production prototype of the UK’s next generation medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) remotely piloted air system (RPAS) and has been flying out of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF's) Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) hub for multiple