Officials from both U.S. and Australia have confirmed that the annual U.S. Marine Corps rotation will see RQ-21 Blackjack drones deployed in Australia for the first time, Sandy Milne reports in Defence Connect. Though delayed by two months due to pandemic restrictions, some 1,200 Marines have departed for Darwin.
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| U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 1 recover their new RQ-21A Blackjack Unmanned Aerial System after its flight aboard Cannon Air Defense Complex in Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 16, 2016 (Picture source: U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Brytani Wheeler) |
