REMOTELY PILOTED AIR SYSTEMS RAF AKROTIRI

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Operational Capability Demonstration (OCD) utilising Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) to enhance Force Protection at RAF Akrotiri. The FP Centre’s RPAS Team have been issued with a provisional Categorisation for Class 1(b) MIL RPAS to operate on all RAF units day and night. In doing so they are one of the 1st in Defence to be authorised for operation in this class. FP RPAS activity at RAF Akrotiri is now complete as the team return to the UK to complete a number of OCDs on UK RAF Stations.

Force Protection personnel from the FP Centre at RAF Honnington, recently carried out an Operational Capability Demonstration utilising Remotely Piloted Air Systems to enhance Force Protection at RAF Akrotiri.