Canberra plans to operate four converted G550 business jets for long-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance alongside other assets including Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft and Northrop Grumman MQ-4C uncrewed vehicles.
A second business jet converted for intelligence and surveillance operations has arrived in Australia for military service.
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) took delivery of the L3Harris MC-55 Peregrine at the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF’s) Edinburgh base in South Australia on 25 March – the second example in Canberra’s growing fleet of long-range intelligence collection aircraft.
“The Peregrine touched down smoothly, another step forward in enhancing the ADF’s airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and electronic…
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