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 ...

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 ...

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 ...