{"id":190946,"date":"2024-06-10T08:23:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/new-raf-jackal-drone-fires-missiles-in-demonstration"},"modified":"2024-06-10T08:23:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:23:19","slug":"new-raf-jackal-drone-fires-missiles-in-demonstration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/new-raf-jackal-drone-fires-missiles-in-demonstration","title":{"rendered":"New RAF \u2018Jackal\u2019 drone fires missiles in demonstration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6eEaPb7fP70?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Demonstration of RAF jackal drone firing missiles.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>This footage shows a demonstration where a new RAF \u2018Jackal\u2019 drone fires missile at a target. The missile can be seen launching out the new drone as it flies above the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The JACKAL drone capability has been designed and developed by experts from UK-based Flyby Technology, with Turkish partners FlyBVLOS Technology and Maxwell Innovations providing design engineering and prototyping expertise, to fill a recently discovered gap in modern combat operations.<\/p>\n<p>As a Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) platform, JACKAL is designed to satisfy a number of roles, including Battlefield Air Interdiction, Close Air Support, engaging helicopters in flight and killing tanks, to denying the use of runways and roads.<\/p>\n<p>The trial \u2014 sponsored by the Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) of the Royal Air Force \u2013 involved teams from Flyby and the technology giant Thales which also manufactures the LMM.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/new-raf-jackal-drone-fires-missiles-in-demonstration\">Continue reading \u201cNew RAF \u2018Jackal\u2019 drone fires missiles in demonstration\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demonstration of RAF jackal drone firing missiles. This footage shows a demonstration where a new RAF \u2018Jackal\u2019 drone fires missile at a target. The missile can be seen launching out the new drone as it flies above the ground. The JACKAL drone capability has been designed and developed by experts from UK-based Flyby Technology, with [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drones","category-engineering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/609"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}