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Royal Navy to fly BAE's Malloy T-150 heavy lift drones for carrier resupply

BAE Systems subsidiary Malloy will supply nine T-150 heavy lift drones to the Royal Navy's 700X Naval Air Squadron, flying ship to ship resupply for the Carrier Strike Group 25 deployment.

Reported AI-drafted Naval News, 8 April 2025

What it does not test. It does not disclose a contract value or confirm the drones completed an operational first before the carrier group sailed.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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