Overview

• The Malloy T-150 carried critical spare parts from HMS Prince of Wales to HMS Dauntless, flying just over a mile autonomously before Dauntless crews guided the landing.
• The sortie formed part of 700X Naval Air Squadron trials during Operation Highmast as the UK Carrier Strike Group visited Japan.
• Royal Navy data credits the deployment’s Malloy drones with nearly 150 deck landings and more than 20 hours of sorties.
• Commander Air Group Captain Colin McGannity said adopting unmanned logistics will let naval helicopters focus on core protection tasks across the Strike Group.
• Built by Malloy Aeronautics, now owned by BAE Systems, the T-150 carries up to about 68 kg at roughly 60 mph, with larger-capacity variants reported to be in development.