Protected Making better use of UK’s carriers By ANI - October 12, 2025 0 414 HMS Prince of Wales on deployment with every jet she has displayed on deck and her hangar largely empty. The ship will never be full up unless the Royal Navy does something differently By Tom Sharpe* Project Vanquish is the Royal Navy’s bold gambit to jump its carrier air wing into the uncrewed age. The MoD is asking industry for a “jet-turbine, high-subsonic, fixed-wing STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) autonomous collaborative platform capable of launching and recovering to a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier without catapults or arrestor wires”. Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)
