RQ-4D

Since the beginning of 2022 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF) has conducted many missions and accumulated hundreds of flying hours on the eastern flank. Flying at high altitudes above Allies territories and in international airspace, the NAGSF RQ-4D remotely piloted aircraft collected hundreds of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) data sets that are used by all Allies to prepare activities supporting deterrence and defence of NATO member countries.

NATO drone unit provides the Alliance with critical intelligence

“The NATO RQ-4D is a key contributor to the situational awareness of the Alliance and the NAGSF team of multinational experts at the AGS Main Operating Base at Sigonella processes these ISR products and collates them with data from other sources,” said Brigadier General Christoph Pliet, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations at Allied Air Command, …

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