A Royal Navy Wildcat of 815 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) has successfully and independently shot down a Banshee target drone using the Martlet missile in the air-to-air role. Taking place at the ...

The Royal Navy has used a new helicopter missile to shoot down a drone without outside assistance in a first-of-its-kind trial. The force fired a Martlet missile from a Wildcat combat helicopter ...

The U.K. Royal Navy’s Wildcat helicopter autonomously engaged a Banshee drone with a Martlet missile, marking the first such operation without external support. The two-day trial was conducted off the ...

The first-of-its-kind trial saw the navy deploy a Martlet missile from a Wildcat combat helicopter to take down a Banshee drone flying at hundreds of miles an hour over the Bristol Channel ...

The force fired a Martlet missile from a Wildcat combat helicopter to take down a Banshee drone flying at hundreds of miles an hour over the Bristol Channel. The trial, which recently took place ...

In the first air-to-air trial of its kind, the crew of a Wildcat used the Martlet missile – designed to take out enemy surface targets – to destroy a Banshee jet flying at hundreds of miles an hour ...

In a display of technological prowess, a Martlet missile was fired from a Wildcat combat helicopter and successfully struck a Banshee drone mid-flight over the water. This trial at RAF Manorbier ...

The force said the successful trial of its Martlet missile was a significant advancement in the fight against ‘the very modern threat’ of drones. The Royal Navy has used a new helicopter missile to ...