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New UK National Drone Hub Facility to be Constructed at Predannack Airfield

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Predannack Airfield has operated since 1958 as a satellite airfield of nearby Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose.

Planning documents reveal a significant move to expand facilities available for unmanned operations.

The airfield could soon be used by General Atomics MQ-9 and Leonardo AW09 (Proteus) type aircraft.

RAF Predannack Airfield has been home to an airfield since May 1941 .

New technology has allowed the airfield to be controlled remotely from RNAS Culdrose using tower-mounted cameras.

The airfield was constructed rapidly for use during the Second World War along with nearby RAF Portreath and RAF Perranporth .

Vickers designed the Wild Goose and Swallow swing wing models at Predannack Airfield in 1952 .

The models were launched using a rocket sled track constructed alongside one of the airfield’s runways.

A joint study with NASA eventually informed the development of the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark.

The Wild Goose or Swallow were never developed into the full size aircraft.

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