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seaspear said:

Why not have some of these as escorts for critical Aircraft like Wedgetail considering that these aircraft would be targeted specifically

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They will be link 16 compatible, so no problems pairing with Wedgetails or P8s.

seaspear said:

Why not have some of these as escorts for critical Aircraft like Wedgetail considering that these aircraft would be targeted specifically

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So long as the MQ-28 has the range, speed and endurance of the escorted aircraft it would make sense. If it doesn't then you rapidly get into a situation where either the primary asset (E-7 or P-8) has its operational area restricted to cater for MQ-28 operation or you have a large number of MQ-28 required IOT ensure adequate protective coverage ( range vs time-on-target)

3rd g550 has arrived.